Please read this article from Parenting magazine: “Could Your Child Be Gay?”
Or rather, don’t read it, because it’s ridiculous and awful and filled with pseudopsychology and fake-service-journalism-y things like this:
“I saw a little boy recently wearing a T-shirt that said, I Like Pink and I Don’t Care What You Think! At first, I thought, Cool! His mom and dad are clearly encouraging their kid, who was around 4, to express what makes him happy, even if what gives him joy is atypical for a person with a penis.”
and this:
“It’s fashion-show time, and your 6-year-old son is looking fierce in plastic Snow White heels and a nightie along with his older sister and her girlfriends. He even has the I’m-bored-with-the-catwalk facial expression down pat. Could this display be a portent of his sexuality? Should you start readjusting your vision of’ ‘someday’ to include a dutiful son-in-law to pass down your mom’s secret recipes to? Or, if you’re freaked out, should you sign Junior up for the most testosterone-fueled sport you can think of?”
That’s not even the worst part. What really blows my mind is the photo accompanying the article, and which for Parenting represents your gay child: Converse Chuck Taylors in….purple!
Am I the only one thinking of the Tinky-Winky and Jerry Falwell connection? [Ed.: No, you’re not.]
Parenting’s anti-dad sentiment recently had my wife and I considering cancelling. This has pushed me over the edge.
Because girls innately play princess. It has nothing to do with the billions of dollars Disney has spent marketing them. My sisters who didn’t play princess before Disney started this marketing push were obviously non-heteronormative.
And the fact that one’s son loves to play with cars has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that every toy he’s been given him has wheels.
Having three sisters, my play growing up would have been almost exclusively non-heteronormative, you know, because there were three girls around, who do you think dictated the play? What does the type of play I did as a child say about me? That I had three sisters. End of story.
I think you misread the article. It’s simply a middle of the road article to encourage parents to love and accept their child regardless of sexual orientation. I just don’t see why you’re all outraged. I wasn’t that long ago that an article about homosexuality in mainstream parenting magazine would be sounding alarm bells and offering “treatment” suggestions. It was only in the last 2o years that homosexuality was officially de-listed as a mental illness. We’ve come a long way. I think bashing a gay positive article for not being radical enough is a bit over the top. For a lot of parents it’s news that maybe they shouldn’t try to beat and reject their children for being gay.