Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Eureka #5
It’s already time for Eureka #5!! Boy time is flying by…well I had a couple of Eureka’s this week and the one that stuck out the most was the baby shower I went to over the weekend. The baby shower was for the birth of twin girls. As I sat in the back and watched the mother open all her gifts it struck me. What is up with the gender norm of dressing twins alike? Every box she opened had an identical set of the same outfit. I know I always thought it would be cute to dress twins alike but when I had my twins they were opposite sexes so I never had the chance to do so. What are we teaching those kids by dressing them alike as soon as they are born? Then one of the gift boxes she opened was a set of three bibs; one said hottie, the next said babe, and the third said sexy. All the guest were chuckling over the bibs they thought it was the cutest thing they ever seen. Meanwhile I’m just appalled at the gender norms at such an early age to be teaching these innocent kids these words? I will never buy anything with that kind of language written on it. I think those ladies need to take this class!
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I think you make some valid points in your blog. Why do people want to dress the girls identical? Why don't they want them to be individualistic because they both will have a different personality. I will say before taking this class I would of laughed and thought it was funny if I saw those bibs that she had gotten. But you are right. Why would a company manufacturer bibs with hottie, babe and sexy. For God's sake they are only babies! What gets me is when a boy wants to take one of thee girls out one day will the father appreciate them calling them hottie, babe or sexy? I don't think so!!!!! More like beautiful works and is nicer. Society has really gotten out of hand with the things that are exposed. A baby is not hot, nor sexy. A baby is a precious beautiful creation made my God.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny because when your dealing with little girls, things that make them more like women are deemed acceptable. Like using words like sexy or babe. Or skinny jeans for 7 year olds. Halter tops for toddlers. Its shameful how we encourage little girls-or even babies in this case-to be viewed and treated as women already. That explains why girls have such a hard time in adolescents! As far as the twins getting dressed alike-well its both lazy and superficial. What a way to limit your children right! If mommy's lucky they'll even think alike and she can limit her arguments. I recently substituted in a class where the twin boys were dressed alike and I felt so bad for them- they were both unique and special in their own way and they deserved to be able to show that. Instead they were grouped together on numerous occasions because teachers can't help it-when they already look alike and dress alike its hard to differentiate. It makes me sad!
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ReplyDeleteI was found your post interesting and true!! I don’t know why we feel the need to dress twins alike or put Baby Clothes on them with those types of words. I think that’s why kids grow up so fast these days; we don’t give them a chance to just be Kids. I think parenting plays a big role in the way kids behave, I’ve seen teenage girls with Juicy written on the back of sweatpants and I think to myself as to what type of message they are conveying to any person who sees that. I’m 25 and I don’t have kids but I’ve never worn anything like and I’ll make sure that when I have kids neither will they.
Ilia