Woman Slams Gender-Reveal Cakes as 'Weird' & Sparks a Major Debate
Gender-reveal parties are a huge thing right now. Parents go all out, performing sometimes hilarious, sometimes weird stunts to reveal the gender of their little one to their closest friends and family. And everyone knows that no gender-reveal party is complete without an over-the-top cake. While some of them are admittedly cool and creative, a lot of Twitter users are pointing out that the vast majority of them are either gross, offensive, or just plain weird -- sparking an unlikely debate in the process.
Writer Parker Molloy kicked off the discussion about creepy cakes.
After realizing the huge number of "weird" gender-reveal cakes shared online, she began showcasing photos of them in a Twitter thread that quickly went viral.
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Of course, not everyone found the cakes to be offensive.
Some also pointed out that they were obviously a way for parents to add a little humor to their gender-reveal parties.
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And some people were actually impressed with the creative cake ideas.
And we definitely can't deny that these ideas are creative. (It takes a ton of imagination to come up with a cake that accurately depicts a live birth!) Still, we have to admit that people go way overboard.
Parents may not actually be handing their baby boys or girls pistols and pearls right out of the womb. But they do use gender-reveal parties and cakes to reinforce dangerous ideas about gender roles that have a tendency to make people really damn uncomfortable. You can totally have your gender-reveal cake and eat it too -- just know that you don't have to resort to played out gender stereotypes in order to do it.