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A quarter of yall really think that’s it’s ok to name a baby boy “Jessica”??
52 upvotes, 22 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in Ask Men. "A quarter of yall really think that’s it’s ok to name a baby boy “Jessica”??"
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Anonymous 3w

I mean in this case why not? The kid can just call himself “Jesse” for the rest of his life.

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Anonymous 3w

No deadass. My son who’s black bout to be names Monica

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Anonymous 2w

Bro who gaf this is some terminally online shit

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Anonymous 3w

Why’s it so important names follow gender norms?

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Anonymous 2w

I mean ideally it wouldn’t matter and we could tell gender norms to fuck themselves, but realistically I don’t want my kid getting bullied so I probs wouldn’t do it

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Anonymous 3w

You know what, if it meant these white parents would stop putting apostrophes and random vowels and “gh”s in their babies name, or they’d stop naming them adjectives and pet names, I think I could handle a guy being named Jessica

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Anonymous 3w

A lot of parents want either a girl or boy & don’t get one so they just give the kid the name they planned.

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Anonymous 3w

I wouldn’t care but they would probably end up being bullied

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Anonymous 2w

Fuck that call him goku bruh 🥀

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Anonymous 2w

Who cares

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

😭🙏

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 3w

I had a boy classmate named Leslie, he hated when people called him lez

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 3w

Leslie is an androgynous name though, no?

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 3w

I had no idea. I thought it was like ‘lesbian’

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 3w

No, it’s not. It hasn’t been unisex since the 1930s lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 3w

…you wouldn’t care if your kids got bullied because of the name that you gave them???

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

Thats evil

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

No I mean I wouldn’t care if someone did it but I would probably avoid it cause I wouldn’t want them bullied

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 3w

Because if you name a boy “Jessica” then you’re dooming him to a childhood of being bullied. Think of it like giving a name to a kid that is heavily associated with a different race. You *could* give a white kid a stereotypical “black name” like Tyrone or Shaquanda, but you know that people are going to react to that. Not necessarily in a racist way, but that kid would constantly be asked why they were given that name.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

I’m not saying that all black kids need to be named stuff like “Tyrone” or that all white kids need to be named stuff like “Fred”, nor do I think that there’s anything wrong with those names. There’s plenty of names that aren’t particularly associated with any race/religion/sex/etc (I’ve known people of several races that are named “John”, for example). Just be mindful of what you’re consigning the kid to.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

I’m mainly thinking of it in a hypothetical sense. Imo, names shouldn’t HAVE to be gendered, I was thinking of it more along those lines as opposed to also being in the context of society currently

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 2w

Bro having kids is the least online thing that you can do ☠️

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