Gender-reveal partieshave become as much a part of pregnancy as weird food cravings and jeans with stretchy waistbands.
Guests may be asked to dress in blue or pink, according to their prediction.
After everyone nibbles their refreshments and debates the reasons they aresureabout their guess (She’s carrying high!
I dreamed about a boy last night!
), the couple reveals the news in some clever fashion.
It has also become a favorite tradition among the married members of theDuggar family.
But not everyone is on board with this trend.
In fact, there are several good reasons to rethink having a gender-reveal at all.
Then there’s the danger factor.
As theBBCreports, people have been injured and even killed by homemade powder-exploding devices.
Having a baby is joyous enough without calling attention to its appearance.
Science is also revealing that there’s more to gender than once believed.
While sex is determined by physical genitalia, gender is a more complicated matter.
(Caitlyn JennerandElliot Pageare notable examples.)
Other individuals are gender fluid, meaning that the gender they identify with is changeable (viaWebMD).
Even the woman who began the trend in the first place regrets it now.
“It’s just become a bit of a nightmare,” she toldNPRin a 2019 interview.
“She’s telling me, ‘Mom, there are many genders.
(Plus, you will save yourself the hassle of cleaning up all that confetti and powder afterward.)
