11 Jul Non-Binary Parent Defends Choice To Have Baby Decide Their Own Gender

Our assumptions of what makes up each gender have certainly been turned upside down in recent years. With increased focus on what critics deem as the arbitrary assignation of gender stereotypes, people are increasingly choosing to forgo being associated with their biological gender altogether, instead preferring to be gender neutral which can entail adopting the pronouns “they” and “them” instead of “he” and “her”.

Gender stereotypes can be harmful for both genders. Women, for example, are expected to assume the signifiers of feminine behaviour such as being softly-spoken, kind and domestic. “Masculinity”, of course, is associated with aggression, dominance and never shedding a tear. Consequently, people who do not fill such expectations often feel like outcasts and believe that they are being forced to succumb to societal pressure when they’re simply expressing their individuality, something that they believe shouldn’t be predetermined by the sex of the body they’re born into.

However, some people believe that the movement has gone too far with news that a parent is going to let their child choose their own sex.

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