“中性”养育孩子成当今热门话题

时间：2014-11-07 07:56:50

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'Gender1 neutral' parenting, which involves bringing your child up without revealing or referencing their sex, is a hot topic right now.

“中性”养育孩子成为了如今的一个热门话题，它指父母在抚育孩子的过程中，不刻意向孩子灌输ta的性别这样一种理念。
 
Along with celebrity2 trailblazers Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, thousands of parents worldwide are subscribing3 to the idea that you shouldn't force gender stereotypes4 on a child.
 
And it seems this attitude has spilled over to clothing, with many shunning5 traditional 'pink for girls' and 'blue for boys'.
 
A survey of 843 parents of 0-3 year olds showed that the majority of parents are happy to dress their children in non gender specific colours with 82 per cent of parents saying they like blue clothing on girls.
 
However significantly less (47 per cent) say they like pink clothing on boys.
 
Dr Amanda Gummer, child psychologist and founder6 of Fundamentally Children says: 'Children need the freedom to develop their full potential without preconceptions about what girls or boys should do or how they should behave. 
 
'Studies show that adults treat children differently when dressed in gender-stereotyped clothing so the move towards less gender-stereotyping in clothes as well as in toys and other areas of children's lives is to be welcomed.'
 
Nicolas de Rosen, one of the three founders7 of Box Upon a Time, a subscription8 box service for parents who commissioned the study, says:
 
'We have found a huge trend in parents moving away from simply dressing9 their children in gender specific colours. Parents are looking for more variety when it comes to their children's wardrobes and want clothes that will express their own personal taste and style.'
 
'With so much choice now available to parents they no longer feel they have to dress their children in stereotypical10 pink and blue. 
 
'Gender neutral colours such as white, red, yellow and grey are very popular amongst our customers. 
 
'In fact, we have found that when parents were given a choice of 12 colours, pink comes up as one of the least popular, only followed by brown. 
 
'The most popular colour is white, with 95 per cent of parents selecting this as one of the their favourite colours of choice. The survey has also shown that red, yellow and grey are big hits with parents.'

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1 gender slSyD     
n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性
参考例句：
  • French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
  • Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。
2 celebrity xcRyQ     
n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望
参考例句：
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
3 subscribing f4597c606c49819f626a7ad1f1e080a8     
v.捐助( subscribe的现在分词 )；签署，题词；订阅；同意
参考例句：
  • I am subscribing for some of the books of a book club. 我预订了几本这家书刊俱乐部出版的书。 来自辞典例句
  • I am glad to have such a pleasant opportunity of subscribing myself. 今后益望努力前途，为国效力。 来自互联网
4 stereotypes 1ff39410e7d7a101c62ac42c17e0df24     
n.老套，模式化的见解，有老一套固定想法的人( stereotype的名词复数 )v.把…模式化，使成陈规( stereotype的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
  • Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
  • It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调，我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 shunning f77a1794ffcbea6dcfeb67a3e9932661     
v.避开，回避，避免( shun的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • My flight was more a shunning of external and internal dangers. 我的出走是要避开各种外在的和内在的威胁。 来自辞典例句
  • That book Yeh-yeh gave me-"On Filial Piety and the Shunning of Lewdness"-was still on the table. 我坐下来，祖父给我的那本《刘芷唐先生教孝戒淫浅训》还在桌子上。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
6 Founder wigxF     
n.创始者，缔造者
参考例句：
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
7 founders 863257b2606659efe292a0bf3114782c     
n.创始人( founder的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. 他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。 来自辞典例句
  • The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality. 我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。 来自辞典例句
8 subscription qH8zt     
n.预订，预订费，亲笔签名，调配法，下标（处方）
参考例句：
  • We paid a subscription of 5 pounds yearly.我们按年度缴纳5英镑的订阅费。
  • Subscription selling bloomed splendidly.订阅销售量激增。
9 dressing 1uOzJG     
n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料
参考例句：
  • Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
  • The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。
10 stereotypical af5b561e94abd66f688fbfcccaffdce3     
n.常规
参考例句：
  • Personas should be typical and believable, but not stereotypical. 人物角色应该是典型和可信赖的，但不是一成不变的。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
  • Anything could be stereotypical, so I guess it could be criticism. 任何东西都可以变的老套，所以我猜那就是一种批评。 来自互联网

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