Disclaimer: This is fictional satire!!!
My others and I have
chosen to raise our young animal to be ready for whatever may come in its
future. When the time comes, it will be free to choose not only its gender but
also its religion, race, ethnicity, truth, language, and species. Here are a
few of the choices we have made to ensure this outcome:
When it was born, my
others and I asked the doctor to not label it male, female, lesbian, gay, bi,
trans or any of the other 30 or so genders available. We chose rather to have it delivered into the
hands of our nanperson, who has strict instructions to refer to it as it and to
keep any-and-all genitalia covered in our presence, lest we be tempted to prejudice
our child toward a particular gender choice.
We have elected to leave
our young animal nameless. This should prevent several lurid possibilities. For
instance: historically, whatever name a young animal receives, can, in future
decades, become associated with one gender or another, thus preventing it from
making that life changing decision when it finds itself attracted to other
animals of undetermined gender. Then, in all-wise adolescence, the bunch of
them can sort it out together.
Names from literature or
alleged “scriptures” burden a young animal with fantastic aspirations. Names, derived
from mythical gods, "saints," or creatures, cause it to question naturalistic and
scientific reason.
A young animal should not
be given a name associated with an ethnicity, language, or race. Ancestry, like religion, should be a matter of
individual choice and not related to “family” tradition or physical traits at
birth. We have elected to allow no speech in the young animal’s presence. Speaking any language implies national and
regional affiliations and historical “truths”, thus preventing the young animal
from making unfettered choices on its own, not to mention inflicting upon it
the notion that human beings are somehow superior to other animal species.
We are allowing our
“tabula rasa” to remain rasa. With nothing written in stone, it can, like the
Universe around us, generate itself from nothing.
