Oh. It turns out the child doesn't have a mother.
He has two daddies, and they think it is fine if he dresses like this for Hallowe'en.
The article talks a lot about how "fierce" the nine-year-old child is and how it was his "attitude" that really "sold" the costume.
It wails that one woman actually had the nerve to say on Facebook that it was inappropriate, she couldn't believe a parent would do that to a child. She's sorry if she offends the father(s) or their "friends" but she thinks its wrong.
O what a "bigot."
Frankly, the nine-year-old in full vamp make-up doesn't remind me as much of Cruella de Ville as he does of Brooke Shields in (don't link if you're sensitive) "Pretty Baby."
Isn't it amazing those photos are 100% legal? And that his dad has (or dads have) given permission to have them, not only on Facebook, but on the internet? With his name attached?
Saturday, 7 November 2015
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Did you hear about the mother who posted a you-tube video of herself giving her (10 year old, I think? At any rate, he hadn't hit puberty yet.) son estrogen patches? Apparently he had seen a video of a boy who decided to be a girl and decided that he wanted to do that too. She was lauded to the skies for being 'such an amazing parent.'
ReplyDelete??? Sometimes I feel like I'm living in the twilight zone. I'm sorry, giving your son a hormone that very likely will have harmful medical effects (and not mention doing it in front of the whole world), is not wonderful parenting. It's child abuse.
I'd waged that all these parents actually care about is the attention it brings them. It absolutely breaks my heart thinking about these poor children.
When I was six or seven, I said I wanted to be a hobbit. My parents did not immediately start stunting my growth. They let me be Frodo for Hallowe'en instead. When I said I wanted to be a hobbit, I meant I wanted to be like one of JRR Tolkien's characters or live among them in real life.
ReplyDeleteAmusingly, I can think of several times I willingly dressed up as male characters: the Infant Christ (long story), King Saul, Frodo, young thug, young-guy-rollerblading-home-at-one-AM (that was for protection), and yet here I am perfectly happy to be a woman.
I am praying for that little nine year old. He looks like such a happy wee creature. I hope his father's friends are all decent people.
Of course the boy has a mother, it's just that they've been socially amputated.
ReplyDeleteYes. It's not precisely the "cross-dressing" aspect of this costume that disturbs me, as that it is blatantly sexual in nature. If the boy had dressed up as a disco prince circa 1977, with undone shirt, gold chains, tight pants and a provocative "attitude", I would be equally disturbed. As one commenter said, meaning something rather different, I fear, it is in fact the boy's attitude that "kill[s] it."
ReplyDeleteAlias Clio
I got a very clever comment, which I would have posted, were it not for the language. This is a blog for women who don't go in for sharp, masculine slang.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking very much along the lines of Clio. It's the sexualization of a young child that is being defended because of the child being able to portray a sexualized attitude. And somehow that is why it's defensible?
ReplyDeleteYes, just madness. If a boy wanted to dress up as Anne of Green Gables, well, I'd find it a bit odd, but whatever. Men seem to love dressing up as nuns at Hallowe'en--"culture is not costume" seems not to apply when the culture being exploited is CATHOLIC--humph, sniff--and British men for generations seemed to think men dressing up as women was the most hilarious thing ever. But I can't imagine a mother could look at that innocent young boy pouting in that sexy way--coached by his dads, perhaps?--and not be shocked. My goodness, and all the hockey dads I knew as a kid. Cannot begin to imagine would what they would say.
ReplyDeleteYes, just madness. If a boy wanted to dress up as Anne of Green Gables, well, I'd find it a bit odd, but whatever. Men seem to love dressing up as nuns at Hallowe'en--"culture is not costume" seems not to apply when the culture being exploited is CATHOLIC--humph, sniff--and British men for generations seemed to think men dressing up as women was the most hilarious thing ever. But I can't imagine a mother could look at that innocent young boy pouting in that sexy way--coached by his dads, perhaps?--and not be shocked. My goodness, and all the hockey dads I knew as a kid. Cannot begin to imagine would what they would say.
ReplyDeleteThe costume itself is not so problematic, but Cruella grimaces and grins maniacally. She isn't sultry or pouty! If I saw a kid goofing around making Cruella faces, I wouldn't be so disturbed. He doesn't look "fierce" he looks fragile.
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