Why did parents keep baby's gender a secret?
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/02/rose.gender/6/2/11
Donna Rose
(CNN) -- Recent news about the Toronto parents' decision to keep their baby's gender a secret because they didn't want their child burdened or defined by gender-stereotypical pressure highlights some complex questions about gender.
The amount of condemnation of these parents also spotlights the deep-rooted societal discomfort with gender variance, and the emotional, defensive response that it can generate.
For me, as a child, gender seemed pretty simple. Girls were girls and boys were boys and that's all there was. There was no "other." There was no "none." And it certainly wasn't meant to be a multiple choice question. As I matured and my horizons broadened, however, it became apparent that it's really not that simple.