I've seen people make comments that if you dress or raise your child in a gender neutral way they "hope you all give your kids unisex names".
But I don't see the two as equal do you? Clothing has always been much more practical for boys where a name can't be practical or impractical (with in reasons) and I believe that if we go toward "gender neutral" names we won't actually get gender neutral we'll get boys names...and lose women's names and history.
We have a third child due soon and we we don;t know the sex. We have two names in mind both are very obviously one sex or another. The boys name I chose because I liked it.. I didn't over think it to be perfectly honest..Although I think it would be seen as a "strong" name by a lot of people due to historical connotations.
The girl's name I chose a strong female child character from a book I grew up loving and the 2 middle names are a.) after a good friend that I respect and b.) after a suffragette All names are "ultra feminine" by most people's definitions. And would probably not be seen as "strong" unless you knew all the context or maybe because they are women's names they would just be seen as pretty..iyswim?
but I don't want to love women's history by having it meld in to just men's history either and have us lose our identity? Sorry for being mostly rambling.. But if you understand what I mean, I'd love to hear your thoughts?
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Gender neutral names
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ReadyToPopAndFresh · 23/02/2014 08:07
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