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Anonymous wrote:Obvious boy names for girls is a low class southern thing

That, and a signal that the parent is sexist but too dumb to realize it.

Tell me OP, would you name your boy Emma, Rose, or Charlotte?

To be fair, none of those names are considered gender neutral at all. Hunter is becoming more common for girls, :

https://www.thebump.com/b/hunter-baby-name#chart

Think throwing sexism around is a bit much here. Overall I don't disagree with your implicit statement that more "boy" names have become gender neutral than girl names. And, I'm sure you're right there is a lot to unpack as to why that is the case...but it's a leap to call OP an ignorant sexist.

Hunter is not a gender neutral name. As recently as 2022, Hunter is ~10x more common on males. In 2010, ~20x more common for boys. And so on.

It’s not a lot to unpack to understand why parents are happy to name their girls male names like Hunter when they never do the equivalent for their boys.

I'm sorry you're uncomfortable when parents deviate from gender stereotypes when naming their child.

NP but the issue is the deviation only goes in one direction. You're not into breaking gender stereotypes, you just have internalized a lot of terrible messaging about femininity.

I agree and am happy someone is pointing this out. I actually gave my daughter a truly sex-neutral name (I think it’s got about a 50:50 distribution), but just because it was the only name we agreed on and didn’t give it much thought. Now, as a gender critical feminist, I am worried people might think this about us and her name because it’s a legitimate criticism.

An insecure gender-critical feminist? Groundbreaking.

Insecure about ONE issue does not mean insecure in general or about my feminism. I doubt you’ve ever met a single gender critical feminist in real life and have no idea what they/we are like.

I mean, there is no way for me to prove this, but I certainly have met gender-critical feminists in real life--both here in America as well as in the UK where the movement is more mainstream. That said, I'm also intelligent enough to know that meeting one person (or even several) that adheres to a certain ideology doesn't mean I know what every member of that same movement is like...so not sure what your point is there.

We're all individuals, you know, and it wouldn't be fair to try to reduce someone to a single descriptor if it doesn't fit them.

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Anonymous wrote:Obvious boy names for girls is a low class southern thing

That, and a signal that the parent is sexist but too dumb to realize it.

Tell me OP, would you name your boy Emma, Rose, or Charlotte?

To be fair, none of those names are considered gender neutral at all. Hunter is becoming more common for girls, :

https://www.thebump.com/b/hunter-baby-name#chart

Think throwing sexism around is a bit much here. Overall I don't disagree with your implicit statement that more "boy" names have become gender neutral than girl names. And, I'm sure you're right there is a lot to unpack as to why that is the case...but it's a leap to call OP an ignorant sexist.

Hunter is not a gender neutral name. As recently as 2022, Hunter is ~10x more common on males. In 2010, ~20x more common for boys. And so on.

It’s not a lot to unpack to understand why parents are happy to name their girls male names like Hunter when they never do the equivalent for their boys.

I'm sorry you're uncomfortable when parents deviate from gender stereotypes when naming their child.

NP but the issue is the deviation only goes in one direction. You're not into breaking gender stereotypes, you just have internalized a lot of terrible messaging about femininity.

I agree and am happy someone is pointing this out. I actually gave my daughter a truly sex-neutral name (I think it’s got about a 50:50 distribution), but just because it was the only name we agreed on and didn’t give it much thought. Now, as a gender critical feminist, I am worried people might think this about us and her name because it’s a legitimate criticism.

An insecure gender-critical feminist? Groundbreaking.

Insecure about ONE issue does not mean insecure in general or about my feminism. I doubt you’ve ever met a single gender critical feminist in real life and have no idea what they/we are like.

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Anonymous wrote:Obvious boy names for girls is a low class southern thing

That, and a signal that the parent is sexist but too dumb to realize it.

Tell me OP, would you name your boy Emma, Rose, or Charlotte?

To be fair, none of those names are considered gender neutral at all. Hunter is becoming more common for girls, :

https://www.thebump.com/b/hunter-baby-name#chart

Think throwing sexism around is a bit much here. Overall I don't disagree with your implicit statement that more "boy" names have become gender neutral than girl names. And, I'm sure you're right there is a lot to unpack as to why that is the case...but it's a leap to call OP an ignorant sexist.

Hunter is not a gender neutral name. As recently as 2022, Hunter is ~10x more common on males. In 2010, ~20x more common for boys. And so on.

It’s not a lot to unpack to understand why parents are happy to name their girls male names like Hunter when they never do the equivalent for their boys.

I'm sorry you're uncomfortable when parents deviate from gender stereotypes when naming their child.

NP but the issue is the deviation only goes in one direction. You're not into breaking gender stereotypes, you just have internalized a lot of terrible messaging about femininity.

I agree and am happy someone is pointing this out. I actually gave my daughter a truly sex-neutral name (I think it’s got about a 50:50 distribution), but just because it was the only name we agreed on and didn’t give it much thought. Now, as a gender critical feminist, I am worried people might think this about us and her name because it’s a legitimate criticism.

An insecure gender-critical feminist? Groundbreaking.

Obviously this is a troll.

Still, I’ll play along: How about Wolf for a middle name? Or Scout? Baron? Duke? Rain? Knight? River?

My favorite Hunter Scout

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s really cute. For reference, My daughter has a more typically male name and my sons name is unisex but slightly more female. I think kids these days are trending toward less of a binary and I didn’t want either kid to have a really fussy name with too much connotation. Unisex names are modern in that way. I say go for it!

Only true for a particular class and geographic location. Which you’re in apparently.

I just hear Hunt-Her. She will be hunted.

I think it’s really cute. For reference, My daughter has a more typically male name and my sons name is unisex but slightly more female. I think kids these days are trending toward less of a binary and I didn’t want either kid to have a really fussy name with too much connotation. Unisex names are modern in that way. I say go for it!

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Anonymous wrote:Obvious boy names for girls is a low class southern thing

That, and a signal that the parent is sexist but too dumb to realize it.

Tell me OP, would you name your boy Emma, Rose, or Charlotte?

To be fair, none of those names are considered gender neutral at all. Hunter is becoming more common for girls, :

https://www.thebump.com/b/hunter-baby-name#chart

Think throwing sexism around is a bit much here. Overall I don't disagree with your implicit statement that more "boy" names have become gender neutral than girl names. And, I'm sure you're right there is a lot to unpack as to why that is the case...but it's a leap to call OP an ignorant sexist.

Hunter is not a gender neutral name. As recently as 2022, Hunter is ~10x more common on males. In 2010, ~20x more common for boys. And so on.

It’s not a lot to unpack to understand why parents are happy to name their girls male names like Hunter when they never do the equivalent for their boys.

I'm sorry you're uncomfortable when parents deviate from gender stereotypes when naming their child.

So you have a boy named Scarlet?

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Anonymous wrote:Obvious boy names for girls is a low class southern thing

That, and a signal that the parent is sexist but too dumb to realize it.

Tell me OP, would you name your boy Emma, Rose, or Charlotte?

To be fair, none of those names are considered gender neutral at all. Hunter is becoming more common for girls, :

https://www.thebump.com/b/hunter-baby-name#chart

Think throwing sexism around is a bit much here. Overall I don't disagree with your implicit statement that more "boy" names have become gender neutral than girl names. And, I'm sure you're right there is a lot to unpack as to why that is the case...but it's a leap to call OP an ignorant sexist.

Hunter is not a gender neutral name. As recently as 2022, Hunter is ~10x more common on males. In 2010, ~20x more common for boys. And so on.

It’s not a lot to unpack to understand why parents are happy to name their girls male names like Hunter when they never do the equivalent for their boys.

I'm sorry you're uncomfortable when parents deviate from gender stereotypes when naming their child.

NP but the issue is the deviation only goes in one direction. You're not into breaking gender stereotypes, you just have internalized a lot of terrible messaging about femininity.

I agree and am happy someone is pointing this out. I actually gave my daughter a truly sex-neutral name (I think it’s got about a 50:50 distribution), but just because it was the only name we agreed on and didn’t give it much thought. Now, as a gender critical feminist, I am worried people might think this about us and her name because it’s a legitimate criticism.

I hate it. It just makes me think of hunting. I can’t help but think of dead animals, blood, and other graphic scenes, if I’m being honest. But I always say if you love it, go for it.

I know a girl name hunter and she is a very sweet, social, outgoing girl! If you like it use it

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Anonymous wrote:Obvious boy names for girls is a low class southern thing

That, and a signal that the parent is sexist but too dumb to realize it.

Tell me OP, would you name your boy Emma, Rose, or Charlotte?

To be fair, none of those names are considered gender neutral at all. Hunter is becoming more common for girls, :

https://www.thebump.com/b/hunter-baby-name#chart

Think throwing sexism around is a bit much here. Overall I don't disagree with your implicit statement that more "boy" names have become gender neutral than girl names. And, I'm sure you're right there is a lot to unpack as to why that is the case...but it's a leap to call OP an ignorant sexist.

Hunter is not a gender neutral name. As recently as 2022, Hunter is ~10x more common on males. In 2010, ~20x more common for boys. And so on.

It’s not a lot to unpack to understand why parents are happy to name their girls male names like Hunter when they never do the equivalent for their boys.

I'm sorry you're uncomfortable when parents deviate from gender stereotypes when naming their child.

NP but the issue is the deviation only goes in one direction. You're not into breaking gender stereotypes, you just have internalized a lot of terrible messaging about femininity.

I generally agree with this except that I also find that the people who pick traditionally male names for daughters are also trend followers who then actually have very traditionally feminine choices for their daughters (dance classes, cute dresses)—they don’t seem to be the ones giving their girls gender neutral haircuts and dressing them in the sweats and Tess from the boys section at target. So while I think the trend reflect s misogyny, the individuals following the trend seem to have different mindsets.

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Anonymous wrote:Obvious boy names for girls is a low class southern thing

That, and a signal that the parent is sexist but too dumb to realize it.

Tell me OP, would you name your boy Emma, Rose, or Charlotte?

To be fair, none of those names are considered gender neutral at all. Hunter is becoming more common for girls, :

https://www.thebump.com/b/hunter-baby-name#chart

Think throwing sexism around is a bit much here. Overall I don't disagree with your implicit statement that more "boy" names have become gender neutral than girl names. And, I'm sure you're right there is a lot to unpack as to why that is the case...but it's a leap to call OP an ignorant sexist.

Hunter is not a gender neutral name. As recently as 2022, Hunter is ~10x more common on males. In 2010, ~20x more common for boys. And so on.

It’s not a lot to unpack to understand why parents are happy to name their girls male names like Hunter when they never do the equivalent for their boys.

I'm sorry you're uncomfortable when parents deviate from gender stereotypes when naming their child.

NP but the issue is the deviation only goes in one direction. You're not into breaking gender stereotypes, you just have internalized a lot of terrible messaging about femininity.

I was being sarcastic, which definitely didn't come through. I was the PP who said I thought calling OP an ignorant sexist for liking the name Hunter was going a bit too far and pointed out that the name was definitely trending more gender-neutral (which the PP actually seemed to acknowledge in her reply to me, perhaps without realizing).

I don't think it takes a lot of insight to recognize why little girls are more likely to have "boy" names and why "gender neutral" clothing basically amounts to "boy" clothes with perhaps less trucks. I replied flippantly because I felt the poster I was responding was going to an extreme and even tried to quibble with my wording when I agreed with her and said:

"And, I'm sure you're right there is a lot to unpack as to why that is the case...but it's a leap to call OP an ignorant sexist."

That said, my daughters have very stereotypically feminine names (think flowers). I've gotten low-key accused of trying to push an outdated view of femininity on them as a result. Think there is little point in reading a lot into naming choices and/or making heated accusations over those choices.

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Anonymous wrote:Obvious boy names for girls is a low class southern thing

That, and a signal that the parent is sexist but too dumb to realize it.

Tell me OP, would you name your boy Emma, Rose, or Charlotte?

To be fair, none of those names are considered gender neutral at all. Hunter is becoming more common for girls, :

https://www.thebump.com/b/hunter-baby-name#chart

Think throwing sexism around is a bit much here. Overall I don't disagree with your implicit statement that more "boy" names have become gender neutral than girl names. And, I'm sure you're right there is a lot to unpack as to why that is the case...but it's a leap to call OP an ignorant sexist.

Hunter is not a gender neutral name. As recently as 2022, Hunter is ~10x more common on males. In 2010, ~20x more common for boys. And so on.

It’s not a lot to unpack to understand why parents are happy to name their girls male names like Hunter when they never do the equivalent for their boys.

I'm sorry you're uncomfortable when parents deviate from gender stereotypes when naming their child.

NP but the issue is the deviation only goes in one direction. You're not into breaking gender stereotypes, you just have internalized a lot of terrible messaging about femininity.

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Anonymous wrote:Obvious boy names for girls is a low class southern thing

That, and a signal that the parent is sexist but too dumb to realize it.

Tell me OP, would you name your boy Emma, Rose, or Charlotte?

To be fair, none of those names are considered gender neutral at all. Hunter is becoming more common for girls, :

https://www.thebump.com/b/hunter-baby-name#chart

Think throwing sexism around is a bit much here. Overall I don't disagree with your implicit statement that more "boy" names have become gender neutral than girl names. And, I'm sure you're right there is a lot to unpack as to why that is the case...but it's a leap to call OP an ignorant sexist.

Hunter is not a gender neutral name. As recently as 2022, Hunter is ~10x more common on males. In 2010, ~20x more common for boys. And so on.

It’s not a lot to unpack to understand why parents are happy to name their girls male names like Hunter when they never do the equivalent for their boys.

I'm sorry you're uncomfortable when parents deviate from gender stereotypes when naming their child.