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What is tthe problem with names that are gender specific?

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MickSposted 5 years ago
What is tthe problem with names that are gender specific?

What useful purpose do 'new age, unisex names' serve?
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rutleyposted 5 years ago
Don't know Mick......the schools then have to figure it out before the kids arrive on their first day......Hmmmmm....they wonder.......is it a boy or a girl! And the poor kids that have the longest names to spell is even harder!
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duffsmomposted 5 years ago
Haven't we always had unisex names, Marion, Shelly, Shawn, Gail/Gale, Aaron/Erin? The unisex names don't bother me as much as the really odd names; Apple, Colorado (saw that one this weekend), Stone, Brick and any other word that people see and just tag on to a human being. (too many soap opera and romance novel readers)

I miss the old days of Michael, Thomas, Susan. I'm old.
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  rutleyposted 5 years agoin reply to this
  No your not.......some of the names are just plain old dumb!
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  Uninvited Writerposted 5 years agoin reply to this
  Don't forget Evelyn
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JKennyposted 5 years ago
Personally, unisex names seem like political correctness gone too far. Why don't we have unisex toilets as well! I agree with duffsmom, I appreciate old fashioned gender specific names to the silly names you see today.
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Starmom41posted 5 years ago
the only thing that really bugs me is when people give kids names that are intentionally misspelled. it sets a kid up for a lot of unnecessary aggravation. I don't mean names that have different spellings due to different cultures/origins (like Michelle/Michele or Katherine/Catherine), I mean intentional misspellings like Shannen, Danial, etc. I even encountered Shy-Ann (what should have been Cheyenne).
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  rutleyposted 5 years agoin reply to this
  Don't forget...Chelsea, Chelsy and Chelsie!
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