article on names

[jadedinnocent.livejournal.com]

link to an interesting article on unusual names: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19275450 (just scroll past all the discussion of Derek's)

WDYT? I was interested by the woman at the end who said she named her daughter Ryan so that potential employers would mistake her for a man, as men get better opportunities - interesting take on the glass ceiling! Perhaps I should go back to being known as Sam professionally, I always sign myself Samantha so that people DON'T mistake me for a guy!

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[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

You know I've never known why it bothers me, but I think you hit the nail on the head.

It's not the worst naming crime IMO, but I still prefer feminine sounding names on girls.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I never thought of it that way, but I think that's one of my main problems with boys' names being used on girls.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

I totally agree. I'll give any daughters I have feminine, girly names and will raise them as feminists who brook no nonsense, and it'll be a statement because I'm a blazing feminist who is really tired of the only "acceptable" femininity being perceived as passive and weak, and therefore inferior in this aggressive, extroverted, masculine society. Ryan will still be female and feminine upon interview, anyway, so the advantage is negligent at best.