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[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

In saying that it’s creepy and wrong for a boy to receive or wear earrings, they are reinforcing the idea that jewelry is for girls because girls should be adorned and decorated and pretty.

They are very clearly adhering to shitty old gender stereotypes that make no sense whatsoever.

What seems more sensible to you?

“Boys can’t wear earrings because of their Y chromosome, you are creepy and disrespecting your sisters by wanting to be the same as them, and ear ornaments are strictly for females”

Or

“Jewelry is an object without inherent meaning or any sort of biological sex. Anyone can wear it because it is merely adornment and humans like adorning themselves. Here are some earrings son”

[–]citydweller1[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

To be clear, we're wholeheartedly agreed on what you're saying as well as the second of the two options there.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No doubt, seems like you’re just phrasing the question as it was phrased to you.