http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/04/gender-reveal-parties.html


On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Hilde Lindemann <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Yikes! This is news to me, and I have lots of kids and their friends who
> are having babies these days. Could it be a Kentucky phenomenon?
>
> Hilde
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> Hilde Lindemann
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> On May 14, 2014, at 2:43 PM, Joan Callahan wrote:
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> I've been pondering a what I take to be a relatively new cultural
> practice.  It is the practice of having a "gender reveal" party, which a
> pregnant woman has prior to a baby shower.  I probably don't need to tell
> folks on this list what I find disturbing about this.
>
> Anyone have any reflections on this practice and/or to help me out of my
> being fairly deeply disturbed by family members I really care about doing
> this?
>
> Thanks,
> Joan
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