17 utterly bizarre 'gender reveal' cakes that reveal why this tradition needs to end.

When you think about it, the entire "gender reveal" trend is pretty weird— it's basically an excuse for a bunch of adults get together to celebrate a fetus' genitals. Plus, some of the cakes made for these events are, shall we say, creative?

On Monday, Twitter user @ChurchCarlton uploaded these pictures of "gender reveal" cakes alongside the caption "I don't understand what straight people think babies are." The tweet quickly went viral: