I'm Confused

Blog No. 2: Yes, I'm Confused.

So this is my first time using blogspot and I'm still getting used to it... So far I'm confused. I hope to have more savvyness with it soon because I want to be able to put in pictures and videos and junk to not make it this boring...

On another note, I want to try to pose a Q of the Day-type post, where I give an intro and ask a question that presents itself during the day. Here it goes:

I went to the mall today to meet KT, Tom, and Piper. We have this long running system with a teddy bear we call Lomo that is very much like the sisterhood of the traveling pants... Only not. Whenever we each have it, we each make additions to it documenting the times we experience apart, like when I added Edward Cullen's bracelet to it when we each went to the Twilight premiere at sperate locations. Then we hand the bear off to each other after a certain time.

The topic I brought up today with them was whether or not the teddy bear was gay.

I bought artsy pins from the ARR magazine release that had two humorous pins I wanted to give to Lomo. I hesitated to ask KT and Piper because one said "Please the Ladies" and the other "Please the Gents." But I didn't know which one I wanted to give to him. It was a unanimous vote that the bear was straight and I gave the appropriate pin.

But what if this were an actual child?

Yes this "child" was ficiontal, it would be weird to explain that it had two fathers and two mothers, but still in actuality the gender role standards are still there, fictional or not. Don't get me wrong. We all have diverse friends, including homosexual friends, and we support gay marraige. KT participated in that march in front of the capitol when Prop 8 was passed, and we all voted against it. But here's my question: What does it mean when we still prefer a child to follow gender standards?