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Re: [apmultiples] Re: gender stereotypes
- Subject: Re: [apmultiples] Re: gender stereotypes
- From: Valerie White <valerie forevermail com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:16:31 EST
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<font size=3>At 02:35 PM 1/12/04, you wrote:<br><br>
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>It's funny that so people are against pink for the girls, but I've<br>
>yet to hear someone with a boy say she/he doesn't dress him in
blue.<br><br>
Well, I'll chime in for you to say that I avoid sports, motorcycle and <br>
other "boy" themed clothing for my oldest, a boy, and now that
he is older <br>
(almost 7) work hard to find clothes that are in bright colors and <br>
interesting designs, rather than the sea of khaki, dark green, and dark
<br>
blue which seems to be what boys are expected to wear.
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We took a picture of Perry in a pink all-in-one at eight weeks and posted
it on our website and boy did we catch it from Judy's mother!
Seemingly she was sure we had condemned him to a lifetime of being light
in his loafers. <br><br>
It's an interesting question whether there are things we would limit to
one or another of the twins. Yes, Jocelyn has some ruffled onesies
that we wouldn't put on Perry, but I don't think there is anything we
wouldn't put on Jocelyn. Mostly, we try very hard to keep the
wardrobe unisex so that either baby can wear anything in the drawer.
(The ruffled onesies were a gift from guess who--Judy's mother.) We
also have generally avoided "boy stuff" like fake baseball
uniforms, football jerseys, etc. Both of them wear dinosaurs,
trains, trucks, elephants, geckos, pooh bear, penguins, polar bears,
etc.<br><br>
Valerie<br>
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