RE: "Do you know what you're going to get?"

["Bell, Beth (M. Elizabeth)" <Beth Bell astrazeneca com>]

I'm guilty of this too.  I wept with joy when I found out that my first 
baby
would be a girl.  With my second pregnancy, I felt like I was carrying a
boy, but I was wrong--it turned out to be two boys! Both pregnancies
required/resulted in a lot of personal growth for me, as I'm a rape
survivor.

My initial response to people's query--what are you having?  Was 
"puppies!".
Then I would say the US suggested a specific gender, but it could be in
error. A little bit of humor put the gender thing in perspective.

BETH

  

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Olum [mailto:kdo cosmos phy tufts edu]
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 4:28 PM
To: nonsexist-parenting cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: "Do you know what you're going to get?"


I think a lot of the problem is the apparently widely held belief that
the most important thing about a person is their sex.  Perhaps the
strongest example of this phenomenon is that when you're pregnant
people ask you "Do you know what you're going to get?"  You are
supposed to say something about sexes, but I always said something
like "healthy babies, I hope".  In retrospect, perhaps the best answer
would be "Yes, people".

                        Ken

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