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I regret not giving my DCs unisex names

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darleneoconnor · 20/05/2011 23:06

do other feminists?

After reading some stuff on how exam markers/recruiters discriminate based on perceived gender I feel like I've let my DC down.

DD does have a kind of strong sounding name but it's no Morgan.

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Grumpla · 20/05/2011 23:24

I was just thinking about this earlier! Halfway through ' Delusions of Gender' which prompted it.

My favourites would be George or Sam. Not that I'm trying to turn this into a Feminist Baby Names Thread or owt Wink

IHeartKingThistle · 20/05/2011 23:18

I thought exam markers couldn't see names any more? TBH if it's examiners you're worried about I'd make sure they had unisex handwriting. I'm not being sarcastic: I teach English and there's a particular kind of round girly handwriting that makes my heart sink because I'm sure it makes examiners perceive certain things about the student's gender and intelligence regardless of ability.

I'm actually more concerned about students who write like that than about the ones (boys, mainly) who write messily.

I haven't posted in Feminism before and I'm uncomfortably aware that I've made some fairly sweeping generalisations in this post. There are of course lots of exceptions to this but I'm just relating my observations from 10 years of marking - I've seen a LOT of handwriting!

And don't even get me started on little circles (or worse, HEARTS) above letter 'i's....

Sorry, I've gone off on a tangent from your actual subject!

SerapisBey · 20/05/2011 23:08

lesley?