There is some mild langauge in this article:
http://nerdyapplebottom.com/2010/11/02/my-son-is-gay/
Why do we continue to respond to males dressing up as girls so strongly?
Friday, November 5, 2010
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I think its interesting that little girls can dress up as boy characters, but if a little boy dresses up as a female character, people assume that the child is gay or otherwise confused about their gender identity. My favorite part of the article is in the last paragraph:
ReplyDelete"If a set of purple sparkly tights and a velvety dress is what makes my baby happy one night, then so be it. If he wants to carry a purse, or marry a man, or paint fingernails with his best girlfriend, then ok. My job as his mother is not to stifle that man that he will be, but to help him along his way. Mine is not to dictate what is ‘normal’ and what is not, but to help him become a good person."
That pretty much sums up how I feel about the whole situation. At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter how you dress or what your favorite color is. What matters is that you're a good person.
I'll admit that seeing little boys dressed up as girls makes me uncomfortable. I don't know why girls can be tomboys and it's not a problem, but the opposite seems bizarre to me. I would never verbally criticize a mother's choice, like the women in the article, but I still question her choice.
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