Congratulations! You are the brand new parent of twins... a boy and a girl!!!
Which child do you feel would most likely have the same gender identification as yourself?

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Feel free to post why you chose your selection.

-Emerald 

I said that I knew not. I would have to wait for them to tell me.

I would (and have) identified with my children, as my children, with me being the parent.  If your not ready for that, stick with goldfish.

Given that the majority of people identify with the sex they are born with, I picked baby boy. If my boy identified as a girl though, I'd be happy to support him and do what I could for him.

Dennis

I don't know. I'll never have children but if I did, I would listen to them and never force society's gender rules on them. I'd never force a daughter to attend a school where she was forced to wear a skirt if she didn't want to and I'd do my best to accomodate a son who wanted to wear a skirt.
I just could never put a child through the humiliation I suffered.

I'd say like Dennis and (in my case) that a baby girl is most likely to feel the same as I do, statistically wise.

How could I presume to know? To be fair I'll have to wait until they let me know.

Either equally or I don't know seeems to be the answers the closest to my understanding of the question.

LLL&R

Maebh

Quote from: Maebh on January 21, 2008, 12:27:33 PM
How could I presume to know? To be fair I'll have to wait until they let me know.

Either equally or I don't know seeems to be the answers the closest to my understanding of the question.

LLL&R

Maebh

Understand that, when I say most likely, I'm not selling off the idea that trans exists, or heck, my child could have an intersex condition too.

I'm just saying it would be most likely, statistic wise. If it happens it happens. I certainly won't be against my child, whatever happens.

I wouldn't want to presume the gender of the children (or any adults either) until they decided and let me know what it was... and even then, I assume it's all subject to change.

y2g

Gender isn't as important as love, acceptance and guidance.

I wouldn't want any of my children to be transsexual. If they were, then we'd find ways to get them through it without, if possible, the pain I found it to be.


Nichole


Nichole

I chose the very last option.

tink

I've known one thing other than gender identity my whole life and that was that I did not ever, ever want to have my own kids. I love kids and I'm really good with them. The thought of having a little kid call me Daddy was just something that I couldn't handle and I knew that from the time I was 17 or 18, so I never put myself in the situation.

I know things just happen to people, but I always felt strongly about this sooooo, tough question for me.

Neither.
I don't believe you can inherit a sexual preference/ gender identification from your parents.

I think that gender comes not just from some natural source, but also (and probably mostly) from socialization.  So, my kids wouldn't be socialized the same way as me and therefore wouldn't have experienced what I have experienced.  So their chances of wanting to be neutrois are low.

I would hope my daughter would be like her Mommy. (Although if i found i was pregnant id wonder what was in the hormones)

I would assume that neither of my children would have my gender identity. And to be quite honest about it, that's a good thing. I'd hate to see them go through what I've been through, you know?

I wouldn't know what my childrens true gender would be. I have two kids, boy and a girl, and we raised them to be who they want to be. We really never stuck a gender on them, only in clothes but as they grew they made the decisions for themselves. I think we were more of a guide for them. My son never liked to play sports, it was my daughter who liked sports. My son was the mechanic but liked to cook. My daughter was just into socializing. She didn't like to cook or anything like that. She liked her sports. I watched football, I hated it, but needed to get them involved in the sports thing. My son would go outside or up in his bedroom and work on something and my daughter and I would watch the football game. She liked it and it was a good father daughter relationship.
Sheila