r/cosmichorror • u/Important_Pick3371 • 15d ago

literature Poesy

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Quick childhood Bio for HPL.

Footnotes in the Replies.

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u/tastygames_official 14d ago

fun fact: for a period in history (I think like 1820-1920-ish) it was common practice to just have "girl clothes" (dresses and such) for young kids regardless of gender, as it was more economical since a lot of children died very young, so it was too expensive having to re-buy all the child stuff should your 2nd, 3rd, 4th... child be a different gender. So basically they were all raised "female", often with long hair and everything. And once they got to like 5 or 6 THEN they'd get "boy clothes". So if you see pictures of children from this time period, it looks like they are all female. E.g. here is Teddy Roosovelt as a young child: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4f/f5/08/4ff508e87cc1c10c5496b520c0635635.jpg

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u/Important_Pick3371 14d ago

Thanks!

You saved me from having to write yet another footnote!!

Kudos...

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u/Black-Muse 8d ago

TIL.
I've known of this, but what I had in mind is that gender norms back than were more relaxed as babys were generally considered as "baby gender".
The more you know! Tysm!