Oct 30, 2019 Adding some friendly competition to your gender reveal party can be a lot of fun. Try a “Team Pink” vs. “Team Blue” ball toss! Set out an equal number of pink and blue plastic cups, and have each team toss their balls into their assigned colored cups. Jul 9, 2013 - Gender reveal party bets. The betting idea is awesome! Maybe do a split the pot bet or draw one winner to win the whole pot? GENDER AND GAMBLING DISORDERS Studies indicate that men are more likely to gamble and to develop gambling-related problems than women. While gambling has historically been a predominantly male pastime, as legalized gambling has expanded, female participation has increased. Nov 19, 2020 With the Gender Reveal Game, your friends and family pay to play. They place bids to guess your baby’s gender and to be entered for a chance to win a prize. The prize is up to you. It can be something as simple as a gift card.
If anyone tells you that they've mastered the art of winning in casinos, one of two things is going on: either they're lying, or they're wrong. The fact is that there's no single best way to tackle casino games or betting. In reality, different approaches will work better for different people at different times.
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But are you more likely to win if you’re a woman? Let’s take a look at some of the differences between men and women when it comes to casino gaming.
Is there a gender split in gambling?
Look at old footage of casinos – or their representations in film or TV – and more often than not you’ll see them populated by men. Any women present are usually there to look glamorous and perform decorative functions.
But all that has changed today. Research from the UK’s Gambling Commission in 2017 found that 63% of adults had gambled in the previous year. 66% of the men surveyed and 59% of the women had participated in some kind of gambling or other. Despite the fact that men were 7.5 times more likely to become problem gamblers, there was little difference between the sexes.
Another study done by an online gambling operator made similar findings. The survey’s respondents identifying as gamblers were split pretty closely: 56.2% were men and 43.8% were women.
Drill down a little further, however, and more differences begin to emerge.
How do attitudes to risk vary between men and women?
The survey asked respondents what they would do if they won a £500 pot. Two thirds said that they would cash it in immediately – but there wasn’t an even gender split. Women appeared more likely to play it safe – 72.3% of the women involved said they would take their winnings and go, with only 61% of the men questioned committing to the same.
Men also tended to wager more money than women. More women were more likely to spend in the lowest weekly spending bracket, £1 - £10. At the top end, twice as many men spend upwards of £500 per week than women.
This put the Gambling Commission’s 2017 report into more of a context. Perhaps it’s no surprise that men are more likely to become problem gamblers.
Which games do women typically prefer?
A series of studies by Professor Samantha Thomas of Deakin University, Australia, and US academic Michelle L Malkin, made some interesting findings about how gaming preferences break down between the sexes.
Their research showed that women tend to see a visit to the casino as more of a social occasion for getting dressed up and spending time with friends, while men see it as more of a solitary activity. This naturally feeds into the difference in games they favour.
For example, games of chance (such as slot games) require less focus and strategy, meaning players can socialise at the same time. This might make them more appealing to female gamers. The figures seem to back this point up. When asked whether they liked playing slots games, 26.5% of men did – however, 73.5% of men preferred playing other games. Among women, the percentage was slightly higher, with 34% choosing slots as their favourite casino game, and 66% preferring other games.
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However, according to the survey, bingo is the most popular choice for female gamers – with just shy of 60% saying they had played in the last month. Sports betting has made its way into the hearts of female gamblers too, with 40% of female respondents saying they preferred making wagers on sports games rather than playing in a casino. While sports betting fits with the strategic gambling patterns of men, it’s worth noting that it can also be a social activity – which might explain the appeal to women.
Interestingly, while millennials tend to gamble more than their elders, women aged between 18 and 34. A 2018 Australian study found that millennial women considered the rapid-fire nature of slots too tempting and that they favoured betting on sports or placing wagers on horse racing – considering both to have a lower level of risk. It could be that this is a result of growing up in the era of mobile gaming.
Which games do men typically prefer?
Men tend to prefer games of skill (preferably with a lower house edge) as this allows them to demonstrate their strategic thinking and ability to win.
It won’t surprise many people that the most popular way for men to gamble is through sports betting. Putting a few quid on the big game is a long-held tradition, particularly in the UK, where sports betting has been legal and regulated for decades.
In the survey, 73% of men said that when they’re gambling online they prefer to bet on sports, with 27% choosing different types of gambling. Of that 27% that preferred other games, poker was the most popular, followed by online bingo and roulette. Both, you’ll note, are categories with elements of strategy, skill or competition involved.
Roulette is a less favoured game by both sexes, but a higher proportion of men play it. While more than a quarter of men (27%) prefer roulette more than any other game, it’s the favourite game of less than one-fifth (19%) of women. This means that men are 50% more likely than women to prefer roulette. A similar imbalance also occurs in blackjack.
Summary
While attitudes are shifting, many of the differences in the gambling habits of women and men do seem to come back to the same key factor – women see gambling and casinos as an opportunity for fun and socialising, while men seem to be more inclined to treat both more as a way to exhibit skills and get competitive.
Of course, neither is necessarily a better way to enjoy a casino, whether online or in person. It will be interesting to see whether demographics change further as more and more gambling activity comes to take place online. It may be that bricks and mortar casinos will increasingly be spaces for more social gambling, while those more interested in testing their skills shift online. Time will tell.
An uncut gender-reveal cake decorated with pink and blue on a white base.
A gender-reveal party is an event or celebration had during pregnancy. The primary goal of this event is the eponymous 'reveal' of the baby's sex to the expecting parents, family, and friends. Twentieth century medical advancement in early, reliable prenatal sex discernment has allowed the requisite information that underlies these events to develop.[1][2] Originating in the United States in the late 2000s, gender reveal parties are common only in the English-speaking world.[3][4]
It is distinct from, but sometimes combined with, a baby shower, whose primary activity is gifting expecting parents with important supplies and items for their future infant's care and well-being. A large variety of methods are utilized, often involving gender stereotypes such as pink and blue.[1][2]
The practice is controversial and has been criticized by some for reinforcing gender stereotypes. The implied binarygender essentialism of the practice has resulted in LGBT+ community criticisms, particularly from the transgender and intersex communities.[1][2][5]
History and development[edit]
A modern creation, the gender reveal party's modern incarnation began in the late 2000s. One of the earliest notable examples was found in the 2008 posts of then-pregnant Jenna Karvunidis on her ChicagoNowblogHigh Gloss and Sauce announcing the sex of her fetus via cake.[6]YouTube videos of the practice can be found as early as 2008 and 2009, becoming socially significant around 2011, after which the trend continued to grow through the 2010s.[3][2]
In 2019, Karvunidis later expressed regret at having helped start the gender reveal party trend, seeing how far some had taken the trend , learning how the LGBT and intersex communities feel, and finally revealing the daughter they announced back in 2008 to be a gender-nonconforming individual who wears suits while still identifying as female.[6]
Comparison to baby showers[edit]
Baby showers, a traditional prenatal celebration, have some key differences with gender-reveal parties. Primarily, the focus on gender-reveal parties is fetal sex, while baby showers focus on the gifting of supplies and items for the future infant to the expectant parent(s). Traditionally, baby showers are for women only, while gender-reveal parties have no inherently-associated gender restriction and attendee limitations (if any) are determined by the pregnant individual or couple. Some couples choose to integrate both events into one for simplicity, efficiency, or economic reasons.[1][2]
Gender Reveal Videos
Spread and mediatization[edit]
The spread of the gender-reveal party trend can be attributed to social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest, despite the trend originating before the latter two existed.[3][5] This mediatization has significantly boosted the likelihood of expectant parent(s) to have or take part in gender-reveal parties. Internet remix culture lends the practice great receptivity toward individual creativity, a factor in their growing popularity.[1][2] Demographic research shows the most gender-reveal parties are done by expecting parents that are middle-class, heterosexualWhite Americans who are married or partnered.[1]
Planning the event[edit]
The focus of gender-reveal parties being the fetal sex, such information is a prerequisite. This can be determined at or after the gestational age required by the method being used. For ultrasound, the most common method, the earliest this can be reliably done is approximately 65 days, however is typically done at around 20 weeks[i]. Both the fetal sex and party are typically held during the second trimester.[1][7]
Post-examination knowledge of the fetal sex by the parents varies. Most commonly, a third party (sometimes called a 'gender guardian') is entrusted with the fetal sex and it remains a secret from the parents until the reveal. This person is responsible for making party arrangements to ensure the reveal happens without the prior knowledge of the parents. However sometimes, it is known by the parents prior and the reveal to specifically for attendees.[1]
To help maintain the mystery, party decorations are typically heavily-gendered, but ambiguous and androgynous when taken as a whole.[1]
American football-themed gender-reveal party featuring 'Team Pink' vs 'Team Blue'.
During the event[edit]
While the focus remains on the fetal sex, the reveal is typically the climax of the party. Prior to the reveal, party games are common where attendees or expecting parent(s) guess or assert the fetal sex.[1] This can also take the form of competition between a 'Team Pink' and 'Team Blue' of which parent(s) or participants may form.[1][2]
Sometimes the event includes features of a baby shower. If this is the case, gifts may be given or opened at a specific time before or after the reveal.[1][2]
A gender-reveal cake sliced open with a pink middle layer suggesting a baby girl
The Reveal[edit]
Most reveal methods utilize gender-associated colors, most typically blue and pink representing male and female respectively, decorated with other gender-associated items. The method of reveal varies, however common methods involve cutting special cakes, launching or popping balloons, confetti/streamers, piñatas, colored smoke, and Silly String. Other seasonally-related items such as Easter eggs, Jack-o'-lanterns, Christmas presents, or Fourth of July or New Year'sfireworks may also be incorporated depending on time of pregnancy. [1][2]
Once these colors are revealed, both the expecting parent(s) and onlookers are made aware of the fetus's sex, typically to great celebration and comment by attendees. The announcement of a predetermined, sex-dependent baby name can also take place.[1]
Criticism[edit]
The sex and gender distinction underlies many criticisms of gender-reveal parties.[2] The term 'gender-reveal' is considered a misnomer by those who acknowledge the distinction. Gender is a social construct in this view, not attached to any biological characteristics, with an individual gender identity impossible to determine medically. Thus, when a reveal of a fetus's genitals is made, it is the sex and not the gender, that is being revealed according to this view.[2][3][8][9]
Furthermore, gender-reveal parties rely heavily on the male-female gender binary, which assumes the child will not be biologically intersex, which occurs in an estimated 1 in 4500–5500 births.[10][11] Gender-reveal parties reinforce sex and gender assignment and gender essentialism, precluding and minimizing transgender identification, which can cause issues with mental and emotional health.[3][10] Some parents have rejected gender-reveal events because of a greater awareness of gender identity.[12]
Overall the practice heavily reinforces stereotypical gender roles, often utilizing polarizing gender dichotomies in party materials such as 'Guns or Glitter', 'Pistols or Pearls', or 'Wheels or Heels'.[1][2] Critics say that there is no reason to assume that a child would fit neatly into the essentialist dichotomy even where the sex is accurately determined and assigned gender remain the same.[5][9][10]
Individual criticisms[edit]
In 2019, Jenna Karvunidis, considered one of the pioneers of gender reveal parties, called for re-evaluation of the practice due to how it might affect transgender and non-binary individuals, also revealing her own daughter's gender nonconformity.[6][13] After the El Dorado Fire, Karvunidis decried the parties and pleaded for people to stop having them.[14][15]
In September 2020, writer Allison Hope, a gender-nonconforming individual, wrote in the wake of the El Dorado Fire that the 'practice [of gender reveal parties] is pointless at best and dangerous at worst', adding it's harmful to transgender, non-binary, and intersex individuals.[16]
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Incidents and injuries[edit]
Some instances of attempted gender-reveals have caused injury, death, and even large-scale damage. The 2017 Sawmill Fire in Arizona was caused by a gender-reveal party that combined blue powder and an explosive. Other dangerous stunts have involved fireworks and alligators.[17]
'Gender reveal burnouts', in which cars emit billowing clouds of pink or blue smoke, are a fad that became popular in Australia around 2018. The Queensland Police Service warns that this practice is dangerous, and that there have been a number of attempted 'burnouts' that resulted in flaming vehicles and arrests.[18]
In October 2019, an Iowa woman was killed by debris from the explosion of a homemade device meant to reveal her relative's gender.[19]
In September 2020, a gender-reveal pyrotechnic device started the El Dorado Fire near Yucaipa, California, destroying homes, prompting evacuations, burning thousands of acres,[20][21] and causing at least one death of a firefighter.[22]
Gender-reveal parties for transgender people[edit]
Some families of transgender individuals host gender-reveal parties for transgender family members come out during these parties.[23][24]
Notes[edit]
- ^Measured from the onset of pregnancy-induced amenorrhea
References[edit]
- ^ abcdefghijklmnoPasche Guignard, Florence (September 2015). 'A Gendered Bun in the Oven. The Gender-reveal Party as a New Ritualization during Pregnancy'. Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 44 (4): 479–500. doi:10.1177/0008429815599802. ISSN0008-4298. S2CID220373650.
- ^ abcdefghijklGieseler, Carly (February 9, 2017). 'Gender-reveal parties: performing community identity in pink and blue'. Journal of Gender Studies. 27 (6): 661–671. doi:10.1080/09589236.2017.1287066. ISSN0958-9236. S2CID151390917.
- ^ abcde'How Gender Reveals Became Such A Thing'. HuffPost. August 16, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^Richards, Victoria (November 30, 2019). 'Brits Are Hosting Gender Reveal Parties – But Are They Outdated?'. HuffPost.
- ^ abcSeverson, Kim (June 17, 2019). 'It's a Girl! It's a Boy! And for the Gender-Reveal Cake, It May Be the End'. The New York Times. ISSN0362-4331. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ abc'Woman Who Popularized Gender-Reveal Parties Says Her Views On Gender Have Changed'. NPR.org. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^Mazza, V.; Falcinelli, C.; Paganelli, S.; Contu, G.; Mantuano, S. M.; Battafarano, S. D.; Forabosco, A.; Volpe, A. (2001). 'Sonographic early fetal gender assignment: a longitudinal study in pregnancies after in vitro fertilization'. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 17 (6): 513–516. doi:10.1046/j.1469-0705.2001.00421.x. ISSN1469-0705. PMID11422974.
- ^'Pink Or Blue, It's All Oversharing: Trendy Parents-To-Be Hold 'Gender Reveal' Parties'. www.wbur.org. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ abHafner, Josh (March 12, 2017). 'Gender reveals: Insanely popular – and also outdated?'. USA Today.
- ^ abcNahata, Leena (November 24, 2017). 'The Gender Reveal: Implications of a Cultural Tradition for Pediatric Health'. Pediatrics. 140 (6): e20171834. doi:10.1542/peds.2017-1834. ISSN0031-4005. PMID29175971.
- ^Sax, Leonard (August 2002). 'How common is intersex? A response to Anne Fausto‐Sterling'. Journal of Sex Research. 39 (3): 174–178. doi:10.1080/00224490209552139. PMID12476264. S2CID33795209.
- ^Severson, Kim (June 17, 2019). 'It's a Girl! It's a Boy! And for the Gender-Reveal Cake, It May Be the End'. NYT Parenting. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- ^Ho, Vivian (July 26, 2019). 'Pioneer of gender-reveal party regrets sparking trend: 'Let kids be who they are''. The Guardian. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ^Karvunidis, Jenna (September 7, 2020). 'Oh my god NO. The fire that evacuated parts of California is from a GENDER REVEAL PARTY'. www.facebook.com. High Gloss And Sauce. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^Asmelash, Leah (September 7, 2020). 'Woman who popularized the gender reveal party says enough already after latest wildfire'. CNN. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^Hope, Allison (September 8, 2020). 'Opinion: Gender reveal parties are destructive from top to bottom'. CNN Opinion. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^'Are Gender Reveal Parties Getting Too Extreme?'. October 16, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- ^Dixon, Emily (July 9, 2019). 'Australian gender reveal party goes wrong as car bursts into flames'. CNN. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019.
- ^'Sheriff: Gender reveal party explosion was a stunt gone awry'. La Crosse Tribune. October 29, 2019. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^Colin Atagi and Nicole Hayden (September 6, 2020). 'Fire officials: El Dorado blaze sparked during gender reveal party'. The Desert Sun. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^'Homes Destroyed, Evacuations Remain For El Dorado Fire Sparked By Pyrotechnics'. CBS Los Angeles. September 7, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^Rebecca Plevin (September 18, 2020). 'Officials: Firefighter battling fire sparked by gender-reveal event dies'. The Desert Sun.
- ^Artavia, David. 'Mother Hosts Gender Reveal Party For 6-Year-Old Trans Child'. Out Magazine. Out Media. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^Lee, Alicia. 'A mom threw a belated gender reveal party for her transgender son 17 years after she 'got it wrong''. Cable News Network. Warner Media. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
Further reading[edit]
- Gieseler, Carly (2018). 'Gender-reveal parties: performing community identity in pink and blue'. Journal of Gender Studies. 27 (6): 661–671. doi:10.1080/09589236.2017.1287066. S2CID151390917.
- Nahata, Leena (2017). 'The Gender Reveal: Implications of a Cultural Tradition for Pediatric Health'. Pediatrics. 140 (6): e20171834. doi:10.1542/peds.2017-1834. PMID29175971.
- Kotila, Letitia E.; Schoppe-Sullivan, Sarah J.; Kamp Dush, Claire M. (October 2014). 'Boy or girl? Maternal psychological correlates of knowing fetal sex'. Personality and Individual Differences. 68: 195–198. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.04.009. ISSN0191-8869. PMC4535729. PMID26279598.
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