What is tthe problem with names that are gender specific?

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   MickSposted 13 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 13 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 13 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 13 years agoin reply to this

      No your not.......some of the names are just plain old dumb!

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      Uninvited Writerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Don't forget Evelyn

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   JKennyposted 13 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 13 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 13 years agoin reply to this

      Don't forget...Chelsea, Chelsy and Chelsie!

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