Why Are Most of Us Anxious to Know the Gender

question 101

Multiple Choice

Why are most of us anxious to know the gender of a newborn child before we interact with the child?

• A)so parents are not offended by anyone mistaking a boy for a girl
• B)it helps us organize knowledge so that we can think and act appropriately
• C)it is a social convention to ask
• D)clothing no longer tells us the gender of the child

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