Bofredrik From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (7 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 1651 times:
A new feminist party in Sweden will run for the 2006 election. One of the things they talk about is that a man should have the possibility to have a female name and a woman a male name. What do you think?
Duke From Canada, joined Sep 1999, 1138 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (7 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 1623 times:
No, it should be illegal. It is in Czechia, by the way. I am a liberal nonconformist, so understand this has nothing to do with conformity. It's recognizing that there are men and there are women, and not dooming your kid to a lifetime of embarassment, confusion, probable mockery at school at least, and possibly a gender identity crisis.
Names that were for example once boys' names but are now girls' names (Eg. Ashley, Beverly, Lindsay, Leslie) should be perfectly legal, BUT they should STAY legal only for girls. To avoid further confusion, I would not allow this to evolve any further.
As I have written before, I think there should be strict laws regulating giving children names. This is a very important decision as it affects you for the rest of your life. I should know. My real name is unpronouncable in English (not that I blame my parents, having been born in Serbia where it is a perfectly acceptable name). Suffice to say that this has contributed to the misery I have suffered growing up.
Doona From Sweden, joined Feb 2005, 3716 posts, RR: 14 Reply 5, posted (7 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 1608 times:
Quoting Duke (Reply 4): No, it should be illegal. It is in Czechia, by the way. I am a liberal nonconformist, so understand this has nothing to do with conformity. It's recognizing that there are men and there are women, and not dooming your kid to a lifetime of embarassment, confusion, probable mockery at school at least, and possibly a gender identity crisis.
Did EddieGunsmoke say gay marriage? Nope, it's the regular kind that they want to outlaw...
Cheers
Mats
Sure, we're concerned for our lives. Just not as concerned as saving 9 bucks on a roundtrip to Ft. Myers.
FlyAUA From Austria, joined May 2005, 4604 posts, RR: 57 Reply 6, posted (7 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 1608 times:
Quoting Bofredrik (Thread starter): One of the things they talk about is that a man should have the possibility to have a female name and a woman a male name.
Well I don't want one but I still have one. People at work started calling me Molly instead of Moe
MD11Engineer From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 13369 posts, RR: 64 Reply 7, posted (7 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 1596 times:
Many Englishspeaking people consider my first name Jan to be a girl's name, but actually it is a version of John used all along the North Sea and Baltic coast from Belgium and the Netherlands through northern Germany, Scandinavia to Poland, the Baltic States and the Czech Republic.
Canuckpaxguy From Canada, joined Sep 2003, 1510 posts, RR: 56 Reply 14, posted (7 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1522 times:
Quoting FlyAUA (Reply 6): People at work started calling me Molly instead of Moe
I wonder why.
I've always said that it doesn't matter WHAT you call me...It's how you say it.
As for laws about what to name your kids .... I didn't know there we're such laws. I could name my kid "CaptainGomes AA61Hvy the third" if I wanted to. (I'd just PRAY the other kids didn't call him Molly!).
CORULEZ05 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 18, posted (7 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1479 times:
Quoting Matt27 (Reply 17): But Molly, why did you tell us, if you don't want anybody to know??
EXACTLY....me thinks someone loves the attention it has brought him (that and his excessive need to post pics of himself)......and they say I'm an attention whore....
Mexicana757 From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 2961 posts, RR: 30 Reply 20, posted (7 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1447 times:
Some professors when I was college, didn't even say my name right. They would be like Danielle... of course I had to correct them and tell them its Daniel.
Back to the topic, the whole marriage thing to be illegal.. . This is stupid and I think the members of this party are smoking something.
Doona From Sweden, joined Feb 2005, 3716 posts, RR: 14 Reply 21, posted (7 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 1437 times:
Molly, you made a mistake telling us about this. Now everyone will call you Molly. And knowing the nature of this web-site, it'll spread like wild-fire...
Cheers
Mats
Sure, we're concerned for our lives. Just not as concerned as saving 9 bucks on a roundtrip to Ft. Myers.
FlyAUA From Austria, joined May 2005, 4604 posts, RR: 57 Reply 22, posted (7 years 9 months 1 week 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 1428 times:
Quoting Mexicana757 (Reply 20): Well you are because now your complaining about Molly getting some attention.
I was taking the high road and making him look bad, but thanks for pointing out what I was thinking and not saying
Quoting Mexicana757 (Reply 20): Some professors when I was college, didn't even say my name right. They would be like Danielle... of course I had to correct them and tell them its Daniel.
Yeah that's *almost* as bad as having a woman's name suffixed to the end of your own
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