A brilliant novel and not without humor on gender theory

While France and Gabriel expecting their first child, they are choosing not to seek to know the sex. "For nine months he ny have nothing, either in the nursery or in the minds of his family, which could mark his future sexual identity: she was expecting a child to love and laimerait anyway. "A choice that her husband avid fan of modernity and hostile prejudices of all kinds, also adopted. "Why let stereotypes and conventions of another age hinder the development and the natural inclinations of a child? "

So it was decided.

Gradually, however, draws in them the desire to prolong this neutrality beyond the nine months of pregnancy. That the child was born and his sexual identity alone revealed ny change anything. And so that no one else chef does not know whether it is a boy or girl dune, it was decided to give him a mixed first name: Dominique. Indeed, "Why not daring dune top precursor to presenting this baby supreme freedom, the freedom to choose his method BE in the world"? This will be Dominique himself, later to choose. With a very elaborate script, real delight for lovers of the French language, a hilarious humor (the character of the rear grandmother Knitty is jubilant about it, so British), the author manages to maintain the mystery of the identity of sexual Dominique up the last page. A bravura.

Dominique, the talented sattaque Cookie Go to a hot topic: gender theory. According to the latter, at the time of childhood, we do not quapprendre our belonging to one of the two sexes. We also integrate social values ​​and role associated with adults that membership. Built early in the mental development of such associations (boys play with toy cars, girls play with dolls) lead to a sexual identity (BE perception of oneself male or female) and gender roles which, unlike biological sex, are socially and culturally constructed. An echo the famous "One is not born a woman, one becomes one" of Simone de Beauvoir.

With finesse, relevance and intelligence, Cookie invites the reader to go sinterroger. Allow the child to choose to define his sexual kind is there really a chance for him, a salutary freedom? Absolute freedom nest she not quune illusion? Having to comply with this choice déducation precursor of his parents, that ideal to them, are they not a poisoned gift, a prison rather quune escape? Hell is sometimes paved with good intentions

A delicious novel to consume without moderation!

P. 203: Every person is different and yet different, yet connected to the other one in front of his destiny.
Karine Fléjo for the blog Chronicles Koryfée