You've heard about the more recent family raising a baby without sharing its sex, right?

[conuly]

There's an update.

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/998960--genderless-baby-s-mother-responds-to-media-frenzy

I'm not going to comment on this family and their choice, I really don't know enough about them to do that. I can say, though, that whatever you think on the subject, you'll likely find the following comment to the article either sad or hilarious, depending on your perspective.

when you are out in public and the kids need to use the washroom which one would they use mens or womens? how will the know about the birds bee's?

1. Gosh, I don't know. Given their apparent ages, most likely they use the same bathroom as the parent they're with right now, particularly the baby. Who isn't toilet trained. And can't walk. Or crawl, even. Or be trusted not to put things where they don't go, and eat what's not meant to be eaten.

2. How will they know about the birds and the bees? Well, if you learned about sex through public bathrooms, I am deeply, deeply disturbed. And if you learned about the fact that boys and girls generally have different genitalia by going to the public bathroom - well, this at a bare minimum involves some level of peeking and (if in the ladies room) some huge level of creeping under doors. Plus, by this guy's idea, shouldn't all the parts in each bathroom be the same? Seems to me that going into the other one would be more educational!

Comments

[sayga.livejournal.com]

On my birth video, the most common comment is, "OMG, you should have been in a hospital...because what did you do with the umbilical cord?" It's like, if THAT is your biggest worry, then, uh, don't worry.

[conuly]

What do they think people did before modern medicine?

[sayga.livejournal.com]

They all died; ALL of them.

[conuly]

Technically correct.

[sayga.livejournal.com]

Haha, well, yes!

[ncp.livejournal.com]

That's what my mom said when I told her I'm having a homebirth this time around. "I don't like this. What if the cord gets wrapped around the baby's neck?" Seriously? On the list of "things that can go wrong in a homebirth", that's somewhere down around "can someone wipe my poop so it doesn't get on the baby?"

[sayga.livejournal.com]

Exactly! I feel if someone says something like "what if the baby won't breathe?" or "what if the baby has a birth defect that needs immediate attention?" then those are valid concerns. But "your husband wasn't wearing gloves" as he guided the baby out or "who will cut the cord?!"