My daughters Lily and Clio were barely conceived before I found out what sex they were. For both, I had private scans at 12 weeks, not only because I wanted to check if they were healthy, but also to find out their gender. So by doing so, have I committed the alarming-sounding new crime of ‘moral kitsch’ - as author Ian McEwan would have it – and consigned my daughters to a ghastly 'pink fate’? Speaking at the Hay Festival at the weekend the Booker Prize-winning novelist, who has penned books such as Atonement and On Chesil Beach, strayed into the subject of discovering a baby's gender before it is born.
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Novelist Ian McEwan says finding out sex of baby is 'moral kitsch'
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Also says it confers a 'blue or pink fate' on a child before it is born
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Award-winning author was talking at the Hay Festival
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Strayed onto subject when discussing the sex of his characters
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Parenting expert Tanith Carey, 47, found out her babies genders as soon as possible
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She hits back explaining knowing the gender can be essential
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Accuses McEwan of mixing up 'fiction with real life'
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