I think this world would be a much better place if kids were brought up gender neutral. I'm not talking hardcore gender neutrality where people aren't even identified as boy and girl- those differences are bound to be there due to different bodily functions that nature has put forth to us. I'm talking about a more personality-oriented perspective. Bring up children without typical gender stereotypes. Don't teach them the conventional, rigid gender roles that society offers us. Let them be free to experiment, to lean more towards an androgynous behaviour. After all, androgynous individuals are believed to lead the most all-round and fulfilling lives.There is never a one-size-fits-all.
Gender neutrality can eliminate any sort of gender discrimination that society so often sees. Issues like same-sex marriages would not be "issues" any more. People would be free, open, less held back by all these restrictions and notions as to how they're supposed to be, how the should live their lives, what they are supposed to like, what they are supposed to dislike. How they're supposed to look, to dress. Oh my. It's a pain, isn't it? So much time and effort unnecessarily wasted, and for what? To be unhappy at the end of it all anyway, because you know that you're only doing what you're supposed to do and not what you want to do?
I think, if I were to ever have kids, I'd do my best to make sure they aren't affected by society's cruel stereotypes. I've seen how destructive stereotypes can be, and it's not something I'd want for my children, or for anyone in fact.
Gender neutrality can eliminate any sort of gender discrimination that society so often sees. Issues like same-sex marriages would not be "issues" any more. People would be free, open, less held back by all these restrictions and notions as to how they're supposed to be, how the should live their lives, what they are supposed to like, what they are supposed to dislike. How they're supposed to look, to dress. Oh my. It's a pain, isn't it? So much time and effort unnecessarily wasted, and for what? To be unhappy at the end of it all anyway, because you know that you're only doing what you're supposed to do and not what you want to do?
I think, if I were to ever have kids, I'd do my best to make sure they aren't affected by society's cruel stereotypes. I've seen how destructive stereotypes can be, and it's not something I'd want for my children, or for anyone in fact.
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Heard about storm?
If I ever have kids? :P
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