Yeah, honestly, I'd be totally fine with people wearing whatever they want (women wearing men's clothes has been normalized for decades now) so long as they continue to accept and admit that they are the sex they were born as. And for men, the clothes should be tailored to fit their bodies, the same way "men's clothes" is tailored properly to fit women. What I'm trying to say is that "women's clothes" for men shouldn't have weird bosoms and hips that men's bodies don't have. (I'll make exception for fat men who have hips and bosoms I guess...)
You know what? I don’t think homosexuality should be completely hidden from children. If a child has an uncle in a same sex relationship, then it’s okay that he knows that his uncle's life partner or husband is also the child’s uncle. If the child asks why some men live with other men and why some women live with other women the same way mammy and daddy live together, just say that some people - and make sure to emphasise the word some - prefer to be with someone of the same sex. And leave it at that. Don’t say the words gay, bi or straight. I never knew that being attracted only to the opposite sex meant that you are straight until I was 11 and 12, and I have a mam and a dad. But yeah, it’s okay if children know that a small minority of the population are gay.
On the other hand, I’m against the promotion of homosexuality, heterosexuality and bisexuality to children. Children cannot process romance or sexual attraction. Furthermore, all this education should not be forced. Let the children find out at a pace that suits them. Finally, if a child asks why her aunt is married to a woman or her older brother has a boyfriend, the explanation has to be done right. It cannot serve to indoctrinate the child into some neoliberal ideology. Do not say the word "queer" either.
On the topic of transgenderism, non-binaryism and all this other shit, I’m against talking to children about it completely. It should be illegal to promote this stuff to children.
This is really rough. I was tempted to make fun of "genderqueer" from the title but it sounds like this guy might've gotten transed because he was into feminine stuff as a kid. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a man who has long hair or relates to princesses! That is awesome, and it's sad to see transgender ideology reinforcing the same old sexist stereotypes, e.g. "you must not be a man if you're into anything girly."
The picture book follows a porcupine as he pokes different animals with his quills — "just like love springs up on you," June says — annoying the forest neighbors around him. At first, they feel angry at the porcupine, but later the animals create the most beautiful bonds.
Maybe I'm just animal-illiterate but I don't think that's how porcupines work, they don't just poke random animals for no reason lol.
in love with love
I get a little nervous whenever someone says that, because sometimes that really means, "I have no idea what my values actually are and what I am looking for in a person." Nothing wrong with enjoying crushes, but that is not really sustainable in the longterm.
I've heard "in love with love" from women who force and nag their unwilling man-child boyfriends into marrying them and then crying a few years and a few kids later because they are doing all the housework, are covered in shit and vomit, and the husband is burping and farting and playing video games instead of helping. That's what happens when you're in love with the concept of love, rather than being in love with an actual human who has demonstrated that he/she earns and deserves that love and reciprocates it.
Maybe I’m just animal-illiteate, but I don’t think they just poke random animals for no reason
You are correct. Porcupine quills are a purely defensive system. You will only get stuck with them if you stick part of your body into a porcupine.
Also, I couldn’t find a video of this, but porcupines have amazing core strength. A nature group did a presentation at my library once. They held a porcupine by his front arms with his body hanging down. The little guy could very casually pull his bottom feet to his top feet and scamper along. (This has no relevance. I just think it’s neat.)
It turns out the high waisted pants with the tucked in shirt thing is only cute when the wearer is female. On a male, it looks like someone is about to take your lunch money.
I’m probably in the minority here, but I really don’t think we need “queer” picture books for toddlers. Should we acknowledge that some people are same-sex attracted? Yes. But, actively push discussions about desire and identity at an age when they haven’t the foggiest clue about what either really are? No.
Agree about the picture books. I do think it might be nice to have normalized that some kids want to be "best friends" or "special friends" with another child of their same sex or the opposite sex-- I definitely had crushes on other little girls when I was little, and I already knew that was "wrong" by like kindergarten. Bringing in all of this adult language about "sexual attraction," I am less inclined to think is helpful...
When watching The Little Mermaid, he didn't want to be Prince Eric but Ariel.
I wanted to be the Crab.
Ariel, listen to me
The human world, it's a mess
Life under the sea
is better than anything they've got up there!
-Sebastian
We need to get these people as far away as possible from children - they are really trying to brainwash the young, and succeeding. The future will be awful for gays.
Genderqueer and yet within 1 nanosecond I knew Jason was a man
Meh. This guy's not claiming to be a woman is he? Just effeminate? Not my style, but I can't get too bothered by it either. Maybe the use of "genderqueer" feels unnecessary, or maybe he's dressing a little over-sexy for a children's author, though. That plaid open shirt doesn't really seem to fit with your standard childcare worker... A little off.
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