I will declare an interest from the start as I have two boys.
I am noticing so much anti-boy stuff both out there (in media etc- stories about underachieving boys) and in day to day talk and chat.
All the threads on here about being disappointed at a scan seem to be about getting 'another boy'. Excuse me for generalising if I am wrong but they do seem more prevalent.
From other mums etc I constantly hear 'oh girls are so much easier/cleverer/more sensible' etc...
The worst was, when expecting ds2, to be COMMISERATED WITH by people saying 'oh you must have REALLY WANTED another girl'...er, no, I wanted another little person actually....
Am I reasonable to be seeing this trend everywhere now? and if so what do we think it means for future male generations?
The less wanted sex (in this country anyway), the 'stupid' sex, the unpretty sex you can't put in 'lovely dresses'....how is this going to pan out for them, poor things?
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to think boys have become the less trendy, or wanted, or something-or-other gender these days....
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agingoth · 02/10/2009 16:26
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