In the article by Louis Gould, Baby X, the parents have agreed to be a part of a very expensive experiment where they have to keep the identity of the child a secret. They were given guidelines on how to deal with difficult situations and how to play with X. While the adults at the school were reacting to this experiment with extreme hostility, the peers of X began to imitate how it dressed and played with others. In the article, the author says how the "parents held an emergency meeting to discuss "the X problem" (Baby X, 3). The parents in the article assumed that not publicly identifying oneself as a boy or girl means that child is a bad influence. This article relates to the Gaga Feminism book because it discusses the roles of gender norms and how men and women act when the society is aware of what sex they
In the article by Louis Gould, Baby X, the parents have agreed to be a part of a very expensive experiment where they have to keep the identity of the child a secret. They were given guidelines on how to deal with difficult situations and how to play with X. While the adults at the school were reacting to this experiment with extreme hostility, the peers of X began to imitate how it dressed and played with others. In the article, the author says how the "parents held an emergency meeting to discuss "the X problem" (Baby X, 3). The parents in the article assumed that not publicly identifying oneself as a boy or girl means that child is a bad influence. This article relates to the Gaga Feminism book because it discusses the roles of gender norms and how men and women act when the society is aware of what sex they