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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, because girls have to wear girl colors to be girly enough girls. :roll:[/quote]

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I don't know. Yes, I think OP's friend is ridiculous for getting so upset about people mistaking her kid for a boy. But assuming anyone's gender makes me a little squicky--the same way assuming race, age, or religion does--in this day and age, so I try not to do it.

We like blue and people mistake DD for a boy all the time as she currently has NO hair. I don't say anything but I don't try to use the mistaken pronoun either and people generally are like, "Oh, sorry, I thought she was a boy," and I say, "No prob because it's really not." I do think it's important to recognize, though, that girls can wear all sorts of things, have all sorts of hairstyles and still be just as girly as the pretty pink princesses--that the inherent girlishness of a person shouldn't have a lot to do with outward appearances or how well they follow social norms for what is girly and what isn't--and same with boys. It's why I try to ask "How old is your child?" instead of "How old is your son/daughter?" Then the answering person usually gives you the correct pronoun in your answer and everybody moves on without an issue.

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