[Topherfy]

I wonder how many of you guys (the ones who aren't straight) would feel if your parents didn't let you express your homosexuality/bisexuality.

[Javan]

Originally posted by classiccity98

Its funny because if you arent a straight white man they wouldnt have a lot of benefits they have today. If people didnt break the norm just ignorant.

I will not put my child in harms way to make some social justice fashion statement . Save that **** for tumblr.

[Sinvius]

Originally posted by Monkey_Juice

I am a BLACK MALE who wear's MALE CLOTHING

Who is in his SECOND year of University

I have a wide range of friends (including DRAG QUEENS)

Again I said If my CHILD is 18+ and STILL want's to wear dresses then, it's fine by me. He is grown and is ready to start living his life and making his own choices. Until then he is under my roof and under my guidance. I am the adult my child's Safety comes first not his need to EXPRESS himself through wearing girl's clothing. I was restricted to do certain thing's as a child, I waited until I was old enough to make those decisions, I did not die or get depression while waiting....you not be able to say NO to your child is your problem

so

What kind of a ****ing UNIVERSITY teaches people to use apostrophes in grammar while using the PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE.

Don't @ me


And what kind of "don't come for my intelligence", what's there to come for goodbye

[Topherfy]

Can y'all not come for each other's intelligence?
Derailing the topic at hand...

[Cristhian]

Originally posted by Sinvius

What kind of a ****ing UNIVERSITY teaches people to use apostrophes in grammar while using the PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE.

Don't @ me


And what kind of don't come for my intelligence, what's there to come for goodbye

[Drais.]

Originally posted by Topherfy

I wonder how many of you guys (the ones who aren't straight) would feel if your parents didn't let you express your homosexuality/bisexuality.

Give examples

[judaskills]

Originally posted by ChrisRTW

Not too much judaskills can't handle all that truth

Sorry I have an open mind and I'd want my child to be as happy as possible. If people would only see that clothing doesn't have a gender. I swear ya'll need to take a sociology course. Go read up on gender roles and gender stratification.

[Javan]

Originally posted by Sinvius

What kind of a ****ing UNIVERSITY teaches people to use apostrophes in grammar while using the PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE.

Don't @ me


And what kind of "don't come for my intelligence", what's there to come for goodbye

Cute rebuttal?

[classiccity98]

Originally posted by Javan

I will not put my child in harms way to make some social justice fashion statement . Save that **** for tumblr.

Did you read what i said or..... i said in history people have done things out of the norm and now its the norm and people who fought made it the norm.

[Sinvius]

Originally posted by Javan

I will not put my child in harms way to make some social justice fashion statement . Save that **** for tumblr.

You are wrong to think of it as a "social justice fashion statement".

It can represent so much more.

[Monkey_Juice]

Originally posted by Sinvius

What kind of a ****ing UNIVERSITY teaches people to use apostrophes in grammar while using the PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE.

Don't @ me


And what kind of "don't come for my intelligence", what's there to come for goodbye

Don't Worry about my grammar

Worry about your child coming home with a BROKEN NOSE

Blood all over his PRETTY PINK DRESS

ALL because he wanted to "EXPRESS HIMSELF"

[judaskills]

Originally posted by classiccity98

Did you read what i said or..... i said in history people have done things out of the norm and now its the norm and people who fought made it the norm.

From his posts I've seen, he just writes a short reply to look cute and doesn't actually think about what the other person is saying. So probably not...

[Sunshine.]

Originally posted by Topherfy

I wonder how many of you guys (the ones who aren't straight) would feel if your parents didn't let you express your homosexuality/bisexuality.

Most parents don't even let their kids date until a certain age.
Would you say they don't let them express their heterosexuality?
It's not that serious.

Parenting to me is about giving your kids more freedoms as they become more aware.
Not shocking them into awareness by letting them do whatever.

Most kids won't anticipate the slew of hate that'll follow from wearing a dress. It'll crush them.
Waiting until they become aware of the social perceptions surrounding their choice is just good parenting.

[Topherfy]

Originally posted by Drais.

Give examples

Any which way you want to express your homosexuality/bisexuality. Dating a guy, joining LGBT groups in schools or outside of schools, attending LGBT rallies and walks. These are all expressions and ways people deal with what they're going through (to an extent). So, if a boy feels the need to wear a dress (or a girl feels the need to wear a suit) because it will help them express themselves a better way than painting or poetry, why is it so wrong to let them? Why let society's rule dictate their lives? Why blame the victim (the boy wearing a dress/the girl wearing a suit) and not blame the instigator?

I know the world isn't a safe haven and as open as we would hope it is, but it all starts with change. Why limit this change? Is it because you feel it is a reflection of your own parenting/how others will see you if they see your child wearing something not of their gender?

[Sinvius]

Originally posted by classiccity98

Did you read what i said or..... i said in history people have done things out of the norm and now its the norm and people who fought made it the norm.

I agree with this.


And if the passive way of living in which "I won't do this because it's potentially dangerous" is the way you want to choose to live, remember that without the people who fought, non-white races or women wouldn't have any rights whatsoever.

[Javan]

Originally posted by classiccity98

Did you read what i said or..... i said in history people have done things out of the norm and now its the norm and people who fought made it the norm.

Originally posted by classiccity98

This thread......instead of trying to change things And make things more comfortable for people who break the gender norm you rather silence your child.

Originally posted by Javan

I will not put my child in harms way to make some social justice fashion statement . Save that **** for tumblr.

[Su-Barbie-A]

The same people talking about "protecting their kids" are the same ones who would bully other kids because they're not machos.

If they could only learn how to stay on their lane.

[Jackson]

No, I don't want to be that gay dad with the son that wears dresses

[Sinvius]

Originally posted by Sunshine.

Most parents don't even let their kids date until a certain age.
Would you say they don't let them express their heterosexuality?
It's not that serious.

Parenting to me is about giving your kids more freedoms as they become more aware.
Not shocking them into awareness by letting them do whatever.

Most kids won't anticipate the slew of hate that'll follow from wearing a dress. It'll crush them.
Waiting until they become aware of the social perceptions surrounding their choice is just good parenting.

You have a good point, but the problem is that the OP didn't specify whether this act of allowing sons to wear dresses is a matter of would you be open-minded as a parent, or a matter of would you allow the child to wear a dress knowing the consequences it might bear.

Plus, more specifications on the age of the child would be better.

[Cristhian]

Originally posted by GotSkill

No, I don't want to be that gay dad with the son that wears dresses