You know, this post has made me think. Roisin is very often taken for a boy, and in general people tend to smile at her and laugh at her antics rather than look disapproving. I've put it down to her being endearing ;-)I'm not rabidly anti-pink (I'm not the rabid type) but we try not to dress her in girly-girl clothes. I don't get upset when people mistake her for a boy - but I find people get upset out of all proportion if they have got your baby's sex wrong. Some of it is just fear of upsetting me, but some of it is sheer horror that they called a GIRL a BOY!
In the park if people think she is a boy they just smile, if they know she is a girl we get a lot of comments like 'oh, isn't she very fearless' [am I imagining the subtle undertone of disapproval often present?]or 'what an adventurous little girl'.
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Date: 2005-11-29 08:34 pm (UTC)In the park if people think she is a boy they just smile, if they know she is a girl we get a lot of comments like 'oh, isn't she very fearless' [am I imagining the subtle undertone of disapproval often present?]or 'what an adventurous little girl'.