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Help[Opinions] But why not a classic girl's name then?
in reply to a message by Laura617
I think the reason parents like Finley for a girl is that they realize that it is a masculine name (or a surname). But since it is uncommon, it is too "sissy" for a boy.
The whole concept of "too sissy for a boy" is rather sexist imo. The thinking must be girl = weak, boy = macho. And anything new and unusual is not macho enough but ok for girls.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
The whole concept of "too sissy for a boy" is rather sexist imo. The thinking must be girl = weak, boy = macho. And anything new and unusual is not macho enough but ok for girls.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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