During our vacation, everyone we met referred to Hulda as a boy. It's not just a matter of culture coding gender differently, we get that in Sweden too. Yes, she has short hair. (Because it's that horrible thin blonde hair that tangles. We need to cut it even shorter.) Yes, we dress her without gender coding. (Red, purple and pink, especially in hand-me-downs and the things her grandmother buys, but also a great deal of bright orange, green, blue and even black. Sometimes dresses, but mostly shirt and pants.) Yes, she interacts with the world without fear and runs around like a little puppy. (Because that's what children do, if they're outgoing and not taught otherwise.)
I think every month we can delay her gender socialisation is a victory.
...and it still bothered me to hear her called a boy.
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Date: 2008-09-22 02:39 pm (UTC)I think every month we can delay her gender socialisation is a victory.
...and it still bothered me to hear her called a boy.