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[–]MoutonelectriqueBland Straight ♀ 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Okay, I know it's Monday but I am annoyed and it's too stupid to make a thread.

I'm watching Hudson & Rex right now, a remake of Kommisar Rex, a show I loved as tiny Mouton. Anyway, this episode includes a teenage girl secretly transitioning because 'she is not like other girls'. This also includes a mom who was kept out of it (because mom is a girly girl) but 'always knew' because the girl 'heard of reincarnation when she was four and said she wanted to reincarnate as a boy' and 'she trained different than other girls. Boxing on her own instead of yoga in a group'. Of course the line 'Don't you want her to be her true self?' was uttered. (Strange because that would be misgendering, right?)

Real nice erasure of tomboy girls and reinforcing gender stereotypes here. And yeah, let's pretend it is AWESOME to let teenagers secretly get HRT and shit! No biggie, safe as fuck! I am mad at the internet now. I just wanted to watch a silly detective show with a dog, dudes. Not the goddamn normalisation of transing teenagers.

Fuck you, Canada, for ruining a very lovely light hearted Krimi with a dog.

[–]reluctant_commenter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Of course the line 'Don't you want her to be her true self?'

I read this line and thought immediately of #BossBabes. Clearly I've been spending too much time browsing r/antimlm, hahaha. Why do all cults sound the same....

Real nice erasure of tomboy girls and reinforcing gender stereotypes here. And yeah, let's pretend it is AWESOME to let teenagers secretly get HRT and shit! No biggie, safe as fuck! I am mad at the internet now. I just wanted to watch a silly detective show with a dog, dudes. Not the goddamn normalisation of transing teenagers.

Sorry that your beloved show got all filled up with TRA horseshit! I relate to this sentiment... it's like the indoctrination is everywhere these days. Ugh.

[–]MoutonelectriqueBland Straight ♀ 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Hahahaha! I hadn't even notice that but true!

What worries me the most is the normalisation of a teen secretly on hormones with an adult (but not the parents) knowing it on a show that has fuck all to do with this subject. When a kid sees that, it seems absolutely okay that happens. Nobody bats an eye. It was a sideplot of the episode, not the criminal thing.

Honestly, giving a teenager hrt and keep their parents in the dark sounds like the goddamn plot of a 90s Law & Order SVU episode. With Elliott getting all angry and punped up and shit because he has five kids and all.

[–]reluctant_commenter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was a sideplot of the episode, not the criminal thing.

Yeah that's incredibly fucked up. How casual it is. The grooming. "I'm who has your best interests at heart! Don't tell your parents! Let's keep it a secret. Here's some drugs..."