"I didn't assign a gender to my kid. It's up to them to decide" - Time article

[PinkJellycat]

Apologies if this has already been discussed - I couldn't find a thread.

I'm a long time lurker on the Feminism board and reading all of your posts have really educated me. I read this essay this morning and was appalled at how this could be in the mainstream press. That poor child. Myers refers to her damaging childhood in the Mormon church - how can she not realise the damage she is inflicting on her own child?

The second to last paragraph really stood out to me:

"Around their fourth birthday, Zoomer started declaring a gender identity and claiming some gendered pronouns. Brent and I are honoring Zoomer’s identity and expression and answering all their questions in an age-appropriate and inclusive way. (I’m using they here because Zoomer is still exploring gender and I want them to have some autonomy over how they share their identity with the world.)^"
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I would bet that the child is using his/her biological pronouns and the author is having a tantrum about it.

Link:

apple.news/AfdfgmBWHRHWqwwBgLCSZQg

It’s an interesting lecturer who doesn’t know the difference between sex and gender. Of course they know enough to meet, marry and have a baby with someone...

As an adult, Zoomer will write a book about their fucked up childhood, the time it’s taken them to recover from it, and how they haven’t spoken to their parents in fifteen years, just like people who grew up in cults during the ‘70s have done.

Zoomer’s mum sounds like a total craic killer. Let the kid run FFS.