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Kate Matsuda · 7 answers · 1y

Can you explain the habit and social function of "gender reveal parties" to me? All I can see is a bit of silly boasting tbh. I mean come on any fool can make a baby and there is a chance that the child has some sort of gender, yes? Do they open a big ballon filled with glitter and reveal at 3 months of age: Tadaaa!! It's genderfluid? Is this but rich bored peole having found a new reason to be proud? About what? I really do not get it? Are those people a bit sick in their head?

I don't know that it's a class thing, plenty of them go down in trailer parks as well...it's an excuse to throw a party as far as I can tell, but lots of things are that...maybe there's a bit of the ol' narcissism too?

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