(because being anything more is very likely to get me kicked out of my own life. Which is, you know, tedha hai par mera hai.)
Every time i am involved in buying clothes for this little one, i am struck by the disparity in boy/girl clothing. For a hundred pretty things you can get for a girl, you will find one or two you have to settle for, for a boy. Some time ago i was predicting that within a few years, the cuteness of baby clothes will overwhelm people so much that gender lines will get blurred. Everyone will wear pink!
But then i wondered what if it had been the other way round? What if little boy clothes had been the cute ones? I can bet you anything, we would already be dressing little girls in them, crying about equality and whatnot. And do you know why? Because somehow, it is okay for a girl to look/dress like a boy, but not for a boy to dress like a girl. It is cool for a little girl to like trucks and guns, but embarrassing for a little boy to play with dolls.
Sometimes, just for this, i wish i could have twins - a boy and a girl. So that i can learn and show the difference between being equal and being same.
Every time i am involved in buying clothes for this little one, i am struck by the disparity in boy/girl clothing. For a hundred pretty things you can get for a girl, you will find one or two you have to settle for, for a boy. Some time ago i was predicting that within a few years, the cuteness of baby clothes will overwhelm people so much that gender lines will get blurred. Everyone will wear pink!
But then i wondered what if it had been the other way round? What if little boy clothes had been the cute ones? I can bet you anything, we would already be dressing little girls in them, crying about equality and whatnot. And do you know why? Because somehow, it is okay for a girl to look/dress like a boy, but not for a boy to dress like a girl. It is cool for a little girl to like trucks and guns, but embarrassing for a little boy to play with dolls.
Sometimes, just for this, i wish i could have twins - a boy and a girl. So that i can learn and show the difference between being equal and being same.
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