Saturday, November 7, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
OK, here is an article which for now will get little comment from me. I will let the strangeness of it sink in for awhile. True story from the Swedish newspaper The Local.
Swedish parents keep 2-year-old's gender secret
Published: 23 Jun 09 16:24 CET
A couple of Swedish parents have stirred up debate in the country by refusing to reveal whether their two-and-a-half-year-old child is a boy or a girl.
Pop’s parents [see footnote], both 24, made a decision when their baby was born to keep Pop’s sex a secret. Aside from a select few – those who have changed the child’s diaper – nobody knows Pop’s gender; if anyone enquires, Pop’s parents simply say they don’t disclose this information.
In an interview with newspaper Svenska Dagbladet in March, the parents were quoted saying their decision was rooted in the feminist philosophy that gender is a social construction.
“We want Pop to grow up more freely and avoid being forced into a specific gender mould from the outset,” Pop’s mother said. “It's cruel to bring a child into the world with a blue or pink stamp on their forehead.”
The child's parents said so long as they keep Pop’s gender a secret, he or she will be able to avoid preconceived notions of how people should be treated if male or female.
Pop's wardrobe includes everything from dresses to trousers and Pop's hairstyle changes on a regular basis. And Pop usually decides how Pop is going to dress on a given morning.
Although Pop knows that there are physical differences between a boy and a girl, Pop's parents never use personal pronouns when referring to the child – they just say Pop.
Swedish parents keep 2-year-old's gender secret
Published: 23 Jun 09 16:24 CET
A couple of Swedish parents have stirred up debate in the country by refusing to reveal whether their two-and-a-half-year-old child is a boy or a girl.
Pop’s parents [see footnote], both 24, made a decision when their baby was born to keep Pop’s sex a secret. Aside from a select few – those who have changed the child’s diaper – nobody knows Pop’s gender; if anyone enquires, Pop’s parents simply say they don’t disclose this information.
In an interview with newspaper Svenska Dagbladet in March, the parents were quoted saying their decision was rooted in the feminist philosophy that gender is a social construction.
“We want Pop to grow up more freely and avoid being forced into a specific gender mould from the outset,” Pop’s mother said. “It's cruel to bring a child into the world with a blue or pink stamp on their forehead.”
The child's parents said so long as they keep Pop’s gender a secret, he or she will be able to avoid preconceived notions of how people should be treated if male or female.
Pop's wardrobe includes everything from dresses to trousers and Pop's hairstyle changes on a regular basis. And Pop usually decides how Pop is going to dress on a given morning.
Although Pop knows that there are physical differences between a boy and a girl, Pop's parents never use personal pronouns when referring to the child – they just say Pop.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Carrie PreJean Deserves Our Respect
Is there any legitimate reason to criticize Carrie PreJean? She has done NOTHING wrong. Standing up for morality is not wrong.
The photos some people criticize are tasteful, not lewd. There is no hint of anything inappropriate in any that I have seen. If someone has a problem with her modeling photos, why are they not out protesting the contents of the women’s section of the JC Penney catalog?
The photos some people criticize are tasteful, not lewd. There is no hint of anything inappropriate in any that I have seen. If someone has a problem with her modeling photos, why are they not out protesting the contents of the women’s section of the JC Penney catalog?
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Good times and bad
Don't waste good times thinking about the bad times. That just makes the good times bad.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Obama bumper stickers
Are people driving cars with Obama stickers on their cars unable to get those stickers off? Surely they must be embarrassed or ashamed to to have people see them.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Cosmology
I'm doing some reading in the field of cosmology. And if you think that has something to do with skin and makeup, you can ignore anything else I write. Science tells us that the universe could not have always existed, but also that it could not have been created from nothing. This presents a challenge for those scientists who want to try to explain things without including a creator.
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