This is certainly going to be a big issue over the coming weeks. Pebbles is wearing what looks like Brownie uniform but no trousers! If Pebbles is really a Brownie then why has it not been told to wear the correct uniform at all times. On the other hand, as I believe, Pebbles is not a Brownie then he must be a unit helper, in which case he should be wearing a blue top, not a yellow one. I suspect that he is being subjected to forced feminization by Brown Owl which, were it to be the case would be a most serious state of affairs. However, in Brown Owls defence all the parents who have had Pebbles residing in their homes are complicit in this abuse, unless Pebbles is allowed to wear trousers when in a Brownie’s home. This is something which might require further investigation.
There is one other possibility which might avoid all this unpleasant and disagreeable discussion. That is that there is an official status of “Mascot” which may, under the sex discrimination act, not compel bears to disclose their gender.
I Brown Owl believe Pebbles to be an it, if I had to decide on a sex it would be a boy definately not a girl. I like the idea of mascot status and feel Pebbles should be declared an it who can take on whatever role people would like when staying with them. But then all my teddy bears were always he – big ted, because he was big, blue ted because he was blue and horrible ted, because I did not like him! So Pebbles was a little too imaginative for me and when the Brownies chose the name we should maybe have voted for its sex as well. We could rename it Brownie ted as it wears a Brownie T shirt!!!!