The preponderance of terms like "girldad" and "boymom" among cis people offers a clue into parental transphobia: they literally see their children's gender a part of their identity. "Well actually you're the one forcing me to take on an identity I don't want" is a DARVO, but it's a darvo supported by normative ideas of how parenthood should function.
but yeah i think this kind of thing is why gender reveal parties feel kinda gross to me. well, that and the explosions and wildfires
The way they treat it as some sort of sacred untouchable tradition when it's literally newer than smartphones
what are we even fuckin doing as a society
Unrelated but my first introduction to Elf on the Shelf was my cousin posting on Facebook about her son being introduced to Elf on the Shelf and saying "he can see my ballsack"
