Do you use Boy Words or Girl Words? Or the other words, but I can't 'amember them.
by Andy
http://thoughtsonblank.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/do-you-use-boy-words-or-girl-words-or-the-other-words-but-i-cant-amember-them/In that 45 second exchange Alec showed me that he knew more about gender than most adults I've met in my 23 years on this planet. Alec was, of course, in a unique spot, having three parents who didn't identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. But his question, "do you use boy words or girl words or other words" (he/him/his, she/her/hers, some gender neutral option) was really a variant of the "are you a boy or a girl?" that I hear from half the kids I meet. He wanted to know what to call me. I later learned that the kids asked this question of almost any adult who walked into the house, regardless of their gender presentation. They had learned that momma's friend, who may have long blonde hair and big boobs and be wearing a pink dress, might not use the pronouns she/her/hers. The older kids even occasionally asked a person they knew again if their appearance had changed drastically since they last saw them.
