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In a moment of surprising sanity, a Canadian couple with a newborn baby has taken the surprising step of deciding to raise it without a specified gender, allowing the newborn child to grow into gender socialization<\/a><\/strong> on its own without allowing the ideas and prior assumptions of others to be placed on it. It’s what some are calling a remarkably evolved act\u2014cutting straight to the core of how people are socialized in our culture and locked into identities at an early age, identities that they themselves did not choose and then may feel compelled to “act up to” throughout their lives, potentially leading to neurosis<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post<\/em> reports:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

TORONTO \u2014 A Canadian couple defended Friday their controversial decision to keep the sex of their baby a secret.\u00a0Kathy Witterick said her 4-month-old baby Storm should be able to develop its own sexual identity without having to conform to social stereotypes or bow to predetermined expectations associated with gender.\u00a0Witterick said in an e-mail Friday that the idea that \u201cthe whole world must know what is between the baby\u2019s legs is unhealthy, unsafe and voyeuristic. We know \u2014 and we\u2019re keeping it clean, safe, healthy and private (not secret!).\u201d<\/p>\n

Witterick said Storm has a sex which those closest to him or her acknowledge and said they don\u2019t know yet about the baby\u2019s color or dress preferences.\u00a0Witterick and her husband have also been criticized for the way they are raising their other two children. Five-year-old Jazz and two-year-old Kio are well aware that they\u2019re boys, but have been encouraged to shun gender norms and express themselves in whatever way they wish.\u00a0Witterick said Jazz has the right to choose his clothes and hairstyle and said he chooses freely to wear pink despite criticism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What do you think\u2014what might the larger social ramifications of this courageous and liberating<\/a><\/strong> act be?<\/p>\n

What’s ahead for your <\/em>career path?<\/strong> Try a psychic reading. Call 1.800.573.4830<\/span> or choose your psychic now. <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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