That poor kid.. If more people understood, kids wouldn't have to go through that. We need to educate our young if things are ever going to get any better.
How about teaching them that bullying happens and they should take some responsibility for their actions. If they get bullied for something they can control, yet do it repeatedly, they are just as stupid as the bullies and may even end up as a medicated young adult with few prospects, shattered self-esteem and a chip on their shoulder. I don't see how that is a good thing.
you shouldn't have to change yourself just to stop someone from harassing you. How about teaching kids not to be dicks and mind their own business Mr. Guest. You don't put down the person being bullied, you put down the bully. End of story.
Exactly, why would you wear a dress if you knew you were going to be bullied. Thats fucking stupid. Conformity is highly valued in society, and for good reason. Excluding outcasts is part of keeping society safe. I give you "free-thinkers" permission to downvote this, but the truth will prevail.
Then you should protect him/her any way you can. The best way would be to tell them not to wear it to school, but to wear it at home instead. Teach him to take responsibility for his actions, even if the thing he has to do isn't what he wants to do (i.e. wearing normal clothes to school). Teach him that by not wearing the dress, he will avoid the bullying and humiliation that will eventually tear him apart from the inside. Don't be naive and tell me that what you look like doesn't matter, because it obviously does. Teach him that he has every right to feel what he feels but it is not always necessary or healthy to tell other people (by wearing the dress).
People should learn there's no problem with it. One person shouldn't have to injure themselves to avoid upsetting others. Living a lie, pretending to be a boy when inside you're a girl, is more painful than the bullying.
I agrees with you completely, except the fact that he is a kid. As a kid he only knows what his parent taught him. As the kid is a kid, the picture only taught him that wearing a dress is ok. He probably only want to wear that dress because it looks pretty, not because he is mentally a girl. He doesn't instinctively want to wear dress if he is mentally a girl. If we are talking about someone older than 12-15, then you are completely right. He should stand up for what's right!!! but before he even knows what he really want...... He is biologically too small to be mentally independent. (the 12-15 thing was a long time ago, i forgot what was the actual average age for independent character to develop on child....shouldn't be far off...)
That's not. My parents surrounded me with dolls and pink, but I knew I was a boy since I was very small. Children are told what boys wear and what girls wear, and I felt I was not a girl. There are plenty of children who show gender dysphoria at an early age.
Humiliating people for their choice of clothing is what's inappropriate. There's tons of great info out there about people who don't conform to gender norms. Try some enlightenment (the film Ma Vie en Rose about a child going through the difficulties of gender dysphoria is a great place to start.)
Whatever. It will always happen. It's human nature to identify and shun social outcasts. Don't be naive. The children doing the bullying are only children themselves after all.
It will always happen because you are part of the population that allows it. Not to be cliche but for fucks sake "be the change you wish to see in the world".
Humiliating people for their choice of clothing is what's inappropriate. There's tons of great info out there about people who don't conform to gender norms. Try some enlightenment (the film Ma Vie en Rose about a child going through the difficulties of gender dysphoria is a great place to start.)
Humiliating people for their choice of clothing is what's inappropriate. There's tons of great info out there about people who don't conform to gender norms. Try some enlightenment (the film Ma Vie en Rose about a child going through the difficulties of gender dysphoria is a great place to start.)
You can look at it 2 ways.
There is one where bullying/ conformity is good. It helps construct a good society and ultimately we have a Hitler world where we can't even walk faster or slower with out being killed. And no one will actually come up with a solution to any life threatening problems because they will be killed for speaking up.
And then there is the every one is unique and bullying is bad. Social punishment on someone for being special is bad. You should respect your child and let his imagination grow. Ultimately you are teaching your children that there are no consequence to what ever action he does and we will arrive a world where everyone is killing everyone, because killers r as equal and unique as priest. And we should respect their choice of killing the same as the bully should respect a cross dresser.
seriously~ stop being so extreme~~
None of you understood the comic. It was about the growth of the parent. From bullying those who chose to be different to supporting those who chose to be different, in this case his son.
Be realistic now. Subjecting yourself to totally avoidable humiliation is not a noble character trait. It will probably lead to depression and maybe even suicide. The child has the power to change it but he refuses to do so. In Cognitive Behavioural Therapy this would be identified as an unhealthy behaviour that needs to be changed for the sake of his mental health. I would recommend that you educate yourself white stag.
Sir or Madame, I am transgender. The pain of being forced to be someone you're not is greater than that of being bullied. How about we all learn to accept each other, instead and learn that gender is more than our parts.
There is one where bullying/ conformity is good. It helps construct a good society and ultimately we have a Hitler world where we can't even walk faster or slower with out being killed. And no one will actually come up with a solution to any life threatening problems because they will be killed for speaking up.
And then there is the every one is unique and bullying is bad. Social punishment on someone for being special is bad. You should respect your child and let his imagination grow. Ultimately you are teaching your children that there are no consequence to what ever action he does and we will arrive a world where everyone is killing everyone, because killers r as equal and unique as priest. And we should respect their choice of killing the same as the bully should respect a cross dresser.
seriously~ stop being so extreme~~