Gender issues

[dalekboy]

We've been out and about a couple of times in the last two days, which has knocked the stuffing out of both of us. Many people have commented on our baby, and when they hear he's a boy, they all talk about what a good-looking or handsome child he is.

I'm thinking of introducing him to strangers as a girl now and again, just to see what they say.

Once I'm bored with that, I may start saying he's a hermaphrodite.

Comments

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

I believe the dressing child as X gender and observing responses study has already been done, and yes, people's responses do vary immensely depending on what gender they believe the child is. Though I must admit that they probably didn't include hermaphrodite or intersex in the studies.

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

Yep, that experiment was done ages back... But I haven't done it!