Mom writes about having a trans child, whole article has a /thathappened vibe

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[–]kahlua 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

This whole article, if it is real, makes me feel deeply uncomfortable with how this woman has instilled such an unhealthy understanding of sex in her daughter so early on. She's not a boy, she's reacting to the limitations and expectations imposed upon us for being female.

"Shopping there felt deceitful, wrong, like a lie." Seriously!? I find the association forced between gender, sex, and clothing so ridiculous. My husband and I swap clothes all the time, sometimes he wears my flannels, t-shirts, trousers and overshirts, sometimes I wear his, big deal. Literally nobody cares, I've never received a look for being in the men's section of Uniqlo or Zara or Savers.

[–]Badmammajamma[S] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Also, it’s so annoying that clothes preferences are somehow proof of a person’s gender. I have regularly worn men’s clothes until my hips and ass got too big to do so. I wear men’s shoes still. I have never once wanted to be a guy. It’s so fucking stupid that children are receiving this diagnosis because they don’t/do want to wear pink. How would we know if a child was trans without the color pink? Because I see far too much of this argument: a girl doesn’t like pink, so she’s a boy. A boy does like pink so he’s a girl. This is 1st grade logic if I ever heard it.

[–]materialrealityplz 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've never received a look for being in the men's section of Uniqlo or Zara or Savers.

besides, women shop for men/boys all the time even if not for themselves putting themselves in that section. No big deal.

[–]Badmammajamma[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Her language strikes me as someone who has a personality disorder. I think there are kids out there who are suffering from a form of medical child abuse by parents who push for this. I think there’s more Munchausen by Proxy/factitious disorder with kids who are transitioning at young ages than people may realize.

[–]SpatOuttheKoolaid 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's narcissistic parenting. I had the unfortunate experience of being raised by a narcissist (fortunately I was born decades before this trend), and so much of this is textbook, just now channeled into the kid being "trans" (it could be channeled into the kid being an academic genius, sports star, child actor, something else marketable.....but this is a new superspecial woke way of exploitation for a new generation)

[–]worried19 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Look up Coy Mathis. He's not the family's first "special" child.

[–]worried19 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It can be a problem in more conservative areas. I used to get weird looks in the men's section at Walmart. Doesn't happen as much anymore now that I live in a small city.

This mom obviously has unhealthy ideas about femininity and masculinity which are set to cause irreversible damage to this young child's life.