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TamiL Dolls N Dreams
Aurora, Colorado
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TamiL

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Carolyn Green Draffin Bears
Auckland New Zealand
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Darling photo, it made me smile.

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Carolyn

Bubble-Up Bears Bubble Up Bears!
Murrieta, California
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Bubble-Up Bears

Cute.:)
Made me think of the Kill Bill movie where the little girl takes her Gold Fish out of the fish bowl and steps on him!!!
Poor fish!
I think I would trust the cat before I would trust the little girl. bear_original or little boy. bear_original

Us Bears Pennsylvania
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Just a little humorous observation:

Even though there is absolutely no information in the picture which would tell us the gender of any person or animal in the picture except for the fish (only male betas are brightly colored) isn't it interesting how we automatically assume that the baby is a girl and the cat is male?

Do you not think it's just as likely that the baby would be a boy and the cat would be female?

Boys are often thought of as being more inquisitive and willing to explore.
Female cats have to hunt to feed their young.

Just an interesting social observation.  bear_happy

Bubble-Up Bears Bubble Up Bears!
Murrieta, California
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Bubble-Up Bears

Who's assuming?

doodlebears Doodlebears
UK
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A really cute picture...make you wonder what happened next.  bear_grin

Hugs, Jane.  bear_flower  bear_flower  bear_flower

Laurie Laurie Lou Bears
Norfolk
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Laurie

Lovely photo bear_wub  bear_wub  bear_wub
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SueAnn Past Time Bears
Double Oak, Texas
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bear_laugh  bear_laugh  bear_laugh  Very cute!!!  bear_laugh  bear_laugh  bear_laugh

Us Bears Pennsylvania
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Us Bears

Bubble-Up Bears wrote:

I think I would trust the cat before I would trust the little girl. bear_original or little boy. bear_original

By the way you punctuated the sentence it seems that you thought people might assume.
The question is not whether YOU assumed anything.  It is about how people, in general, make those kinds of assumptions.

There is nothing in the picture to signify whether the baby is male or female.  Same goes for the cat.  (Unless the cat was a calico.  Then it would have to be female.)

However, all of us...  me included... make our own assumptions on the gender of the cat and the baby based on our own individual experiences and biases.

When you typed the sentence, stopped with a period and an emoicon, then typed some more with another period and emoticon it shows that you were thinking the same thing and continued the sentence to make it clear that you were not forcing any assumptions on the reader.

I'm not yelling, not saying anything except to point out the funny little things that occur because of human nature.  bear_original

Bubble-Up Bears Bubble Up Bears!
Murrieta, California
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Bubble-Up Bears

Sorry to turn this into a grammar lesson everyone!!!  bear_original
Anyway great picture Tami! You and Sue Ann come up with some really great ones!!! bear_wub
You know what they say when you assume! bear_grin

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