(WGST 304 post #8)
This blog we read for class talks about how a 5 year old boy dressed up as Daphne from Scooby-Doo for Halloween and the reactions from certain other mothers at his school.
As a child that rarely ever dressed as the conventional princess or ballerina for Halloween, I feel his pain. I was always Buzz Lightyear, or a dragon, or Prince Charming (to my best friend's Cinderella). I still cannot believe that people, especially mothers, are putting their noses where they don't belong: in a child's innocent imagination. It's not nearly as big of a deal for little girls to be Spider Man, but the minute a little boy puts on a dress and a wig, he's questionable. Stop taking the fun and innocence out of childhood, worry wart parents! Stop trying to define a child's sexuality in places it does not exist! Kids need to be able to express themselves and learn who they are through life experience. They will never grow into stable adults if you force feed them stereotypes about what is right and what is wrong for their gender.
To read more, here's a link to the blog--> My Son Is Gay
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