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

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.

[–]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.