Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 19, 2014
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Transcript:
Joanie: Ellie! Phone for you, dear! Ellie: Hello? Hi, daddy! She did? What is it? It's a woman! Joanie: "Woman?" Ellie: It's a baby woman!
True, but it is kind of sad that children don’t even get 5 minutes of life without being subjected to gender-role expectations. Studies have shown that you can take the same infant and put it in a pink onesie or a blue one; people will talk to the baby differently, hold the baby differently, make different comments about what his/her characteristics and s/he will grow up to be, etc. , all because they THINK the baby is a boy or a girl.