• Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      11 months ago

      Aha! See, parents have begun to anticipate that! Now, the reveal is executed by the color of sulphuric acid that’s unleashed from a set of industrial containers.

      • HiddenLayer5@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Look, if you can somehow find or synthesise a cyan or pink dye that’s stable in sulfuric acid, you can do whatever you want with it.

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
    5816·
    11 months ago

    Unless it’s a coming out party, it’s not a gender reveal, it’s a sex reveal. Which is stupid as I thought we were moving away from sex stereotypes.

    • Sylvartas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      242·
      11 months ago

      Gender reveals are fucking weird, man. Does anyone do that other than Americans ?

    • tamal3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      194·
      11 months ago

      I think some of us are moving away from such stereotypes, and the conservative backlash is moving full speed in a weird direction. As always.

    • zik@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      The Oxford Dictionary says:

      Sex is the biological category, whereas gender is the culturally shaped expression of sexual difference: the masculine way in which men should behave and the feminine way in which women should behave.

      So since it’s people talking about the biological male/femaleness they’re literally imposing cultural values on it right there, which I think qualifies as gendering.

      • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
        24·
        11 months ago

        You’re not able to gender someone else though, if someone says they’re female, you can’t go ‘No, you’re male’

    • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafeEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Do you know many people that would throw a gender reveal party and dress the child in purely unisex clothing until they’re ready to choose for themselves?

      • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        This is interesting because I’m trans and totally the other trans people I hang out with would do the unisex part, but all of us think reveal parties are dumb

  • renrenPDX@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    11 months ago

    Ah yes. Many moons ago, my grandmother would insist on calling my friend that happens to be male, my boyfriend. “Your boyfriend is here!” Thanks grandma. I’m a guy.

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    11 months ago

    Reminds me of older people not realizing what “Netflix and Chill” means. A manager at work once mentioned it when talking about fun weekend activities in a department meeting. Had to bite my tongue after that

    • Apeman42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      As long as she brings Grandpa Richard too. Can’t have a lemon party without old Dick.

      • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        If I had a nickel for every comment thread of lemon party/old dick jokes in the last 2 days, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened two days in a row.

  • squiblet@kbin.social
    11·
    11 months ago

    A sex party would be way better than a stupid “gender reveal”. That’s definitely one of the trends of the 2010s I can connect with the least.

  • Emerald@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    11 months ago

    Image Transcription: Twitter Post

    Balm Threat, @balmthreat

    My 72 year-old mother just informed me she is going to her first “sex party” and doesn’t know what to bring.

    After some delicate questioning, “Gender Reveal, Mom. It’s called a Gender Reveal.”

  • tygerprints@kbin.social
    71·
    11 months ago

    Maybe it’s a gender reveal party that will turn into a geriatric sex party. And she’s just not telling you that part yet.

  • lugal@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    6·
    11 months ago

    “Yes, mom, it’s just a gender reveal party, nothing to worry about.”

    I will remember this for my next sex gender reveal party 😏