Transing ChildrenChildren's book: "If you're a girl who doesn't like wearing dresses, then you must actually be a boy."

submitted by reluctant_commenter from (self.LGBDropTheT)

Twitter post: https://twitter.com/LabelFreeBrands/status/1430300253169721349

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Im-Not-Girl-Transgender-Story/dp/0374310688

I seriously recommend taking a moment to click through the pages of the book that are freely available. This was my childhood, and I imagine, that of many people here-- having stereotypes rammed down your throat your entire childhood. That's a real experience. Yet this book suggests, "If this happened to you, then you're born in the wrong body."

Yes, many little girls who love activities and clothes deemed "masculine" by society, do not just "grow out of it" (which the protagonist's friend implies will happen with her). But that does not mean those girls are not girls.

The current popularity of gender identity beliefs indicates that instead, society is trying to reconcile

  1. the fact that "this is a girl" with

  2. the (mistaken) belief that "girls aren't supposed to like 'boy things' or like 'boy clothes'"

by saying, "Then you must not be a girl because you like boy things." Children whose behavior and opinions don't adhere to sexist stereotypes are assumed to be transgender.

Just some child transing in action... I'd be curious to see how popular are these types of books, and how many of them there are.

edit: typo

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[–]kwallio 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I wonder what these gender weirdos would say about my own childhood, where I was sort of a tomboy who was into odd things like bug collecting and climbed trees and explored the woods but hated pants and wanted to wear dresses all the time.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

BuzzFeed: "Here's 15 reasons why Scout Finch was actually trans"

[–]kwallio 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm a girl tho, so I wasn't GNC in terms of dress (I had a really intense pink sparkly princess phase) but was gnc in terms of my interests.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, that's definitely pretty rare, but good on you for pursuing your interests!

[–]Femaleisnthateful 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Gross. All the reviews (not many, really, it doesn't seem to be very popular) from people saying they read it to their kids to explain 'gender'.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

This one is probably the most insidious:

Brenda is a sheep

It's about a wolf in sheep's clothing, and the sheep know it's a threat but don't want to hurt it's feelings so they accept him anyway.

This one is also pretty bad too: This is a Dog Book!

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Took at look at the first one-- what the hell?! How is that supposed to be an argument in favor of gender identity beliefs? Hahaha

The second one, from the description, sounds very vague but also more benign.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The second I came across in a bookshop and at face value, it seems like it's just a book about inclusivity in general, but the way it goes on about how these dogs are terrible and exclusionary for not accepting a rabbit even though the rabbit does dog things, behaves like a dog and 'feels like a dog inside', it feels like a trans metaphor.

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

That's a fair point. In a different world it might just be an interesting thought experiment, but the proliferation of these types of books is most likely related to the topic-related popular ideology that is currently sweeping many parts of the globe.

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

Brenda is a sheep ... about a wolf in sheep's clothing, and the sheep know it's a threat but don't want to hurt it's feelings so they accept him anyway.

👀!!!