What Kind of Sexism Is this? Parents Stop Naming their Kids Caitlyn - Granite Grok

What Kind of Sexism Is this? Parents Stop Naming their Kids Caitlyn

Caitlyn JennerThere are so many sorts of sexism these days it can be difficult to keep up.

Much like the legislative sprawl that leads to your being guilty of breaking some law you never knew about, meaning you are always guilty of something, being a sexist pig is as easy as saying that there are so many sorts of sexism that it can be difficult to keep up.

But what kind of sexism is this?

Bruce Jenner, who liked dressing up as a woman in private decided (perhaps encouraged is a better word) to do so in public. He then chose the name Caitlyn for the Bruce who dresses like a stereotypical (which should also be sexist) woman in public. And now the name Caitlyn has tumbled out of favor.

And not just “Caitlyn.” All its various spellings have plummeted in popularity among parents looking for something to call the spawn of their loins.

A year after Caitlyn Jenner announced her new name and gender, the popularity of the name Caitlyn plummeted more than any other baby name, according to Social Security’s annual list of the most popular baby names.

In fact, the four names that dropped the most were all variations of the same name: Caitlin, Caitlyn, Katelynn and Kaitlynn.

The only thing that might be more benevolently sexist than that–in the context of our new gender-bender landscape–is the insistence that Caitlyn is a “girl’s name” in the first place.

Emma was the top baby name for girls for the third year in a row. It was followed by Olivia, Ava, Sophia and Isabella.

Noah was the top baby name for boys for the fourth year in a row. It was followed by Liam, William, Mason, and James.

If we’re honest about our obsession with sexism and indifference to gender, Emma would be climbing the boy’s chart as quickly as Liam and Mason were the girls. That’s not to say that Emma would be any less inclined to climb on Girls than Liam. It’s none of my business. But that’s not happening. So the LBGTQSJWSIEGHEIL Lobbyists still have a lot of work to do.

Baby name lists and baby names remain mired in antiquity, and it’s not just those privileged whites.  All races are obsessed with biological gender norms.

What a bunch of sexist bigots.

And talk about sexist. Why did Bruce have to change his name at all? He’s clearly been trying to keep up with the Kardashians, and whose to say who got their style from who at this point, but if the bits you were born with mean nothing and the entire world is supposed to bend the knee to whatever name your require regardless of what’s between your legs, then who cares if Bruce calls himself Bruce or Caitlyn?

I guess the parents of children living in the real world care. They don’t want a child named after the gal who won the gold in the men’s decathlon at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

So sue them.

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