Hi ladies
this is my first baby I'm currently 21 weeks and didn't get to find out the sex of my little monkey as he or she wouldn't uncross their legs at my 20 week scan! I have another scan in 3 weeks but not knowing is driving me insane! I was looking at my other scan photos and came across a 'forked nub' in my 14 week scan! Was wondering if anyone else had this and what gender their baby was? Thanks for reading!
Re: gender help!
They are not the same - do a quick google search on "Sex vs Gender".
I do find it interesting that different places around the world use one term over the other when they mean different things.
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Actually, if you reread the post, she was corrected solely based on proper grammar - the response about who may care was to your comment. She did not seem to have an issue with people informing her that there was a difference.
Nub pics need to be profile shots with baby's spine at the bottom of the screen but yours appears to be maybe from the front or back. Sorry!
Your argument beyond that is basically that she has the right to be intolerant. It's a free country (both in the US and UK, actually), so people have the right to be intolerant and bigoted and racist and anti Semitic and homophobic if they so choose. That doesn't make them less vile. Fortunately for the OP, I don't think she is actually intolerant, just ignorant. Now she understands the difference, she needn't be anymore. It's much, much easier to solve an ignorance problem than an intolerance problem.
Also, when I google "gender" the FIRST response on the results screen is information from the WHO laying out the distinction. So it's not even just that other sources would say differently, it's that if you bother to google this ALL of the results that come up first explain the distinction. Your screenshot is sort of akin to saying "if you look up synonyms for gay, happy comes up, so we should turn a blind eye to ignorant statements about gay people." You're really stretching to give her cover.
So yes, I think if she had googled it she could have learned the distinction. It's honestly not that difficult. And I all along I've only been saying that it's great that she has now had the distinction explained to her. Being corrected when you are wrong is not a terrible thing. That's how you learn!
But the fact of the matter is that it matters, whether you think so or not.
Really, though, this thread, argument, and conversation doesn't need more attention. Not here.
ETA: happy mistake of a friends reference, I know it's moot.
But if kiddo wants a change, that's cool. But they won't know for sure until they're older, and neither will you.
To me, I don't think anyone is attacking OP, who clearly admitted she did not know the difference. I think that the heat only turned up once this comment was made, which to some can be offensive. Prior to this comment, I think the difference was simply pointed out.
Bye now.