Poll: Does this inspire controversy?

[Something Amyss]

He likes pink. It won't make him gay or a girl, but that's what people are scared of.

Silly.

 

[Gudrests]

Besides the first impression "holy shit is she about to kiss that kid?!" no not really

That's what I thought the complaints were going to be about xD

OT: Who gives a fuck? He's 5.

Hell, I played with Barbies when I was 3.

I thought the kid was a girl at first.....kids with that kinda hair confuse the shit outa me. and I dont see anything wrong....ehh well...to a point anyhow...

AND THEY WERE ACTION FIGURES.....and besides...who could hate on the immainigation of a 5 year old when the barbie car has rockets in it...

 

[KalosCast]

I'm not sure what's entirely wrong with a bit of gender confusion.

 

[topwomble]

I'm pretty sure gay is when you like men, not when you like getting your nails polished.
It's all about social constructs anyway.

 

[Tipsy Giant]

Besides the first impression "holy shit is she about to kiss that kid?!" no not really

Lol Lol Lol Lol Lol that is what I saw too.

OP: of course not it's just homophobic people being given a soapbox the idiots

 

[AngloDoom]

Pink toenails = Instagay?

Isn't that a matter of opinion? One of my close friends is a manly-man engineer who's favourite colour is purple. Some people consider purple a 'girl' colour, does this mean he's gender confused?

It's not controversial in the slightest. So what if the kid likes his toenails to be pink? Hell, I have nipple-piercings and a lot of people consider that rather gay. It's a personal choice. Is it such a bad thing to make genders a little blurrier anyway?

 

[IamQ]

I don't see why this is controversial. I painted my nails as a young lad aswell.

 

[Legion]

It's probably controversial because "No straight male wants their toenails painted and homosexuality is wrong" or something.

 

[Moromillas]

My, GOD! She's wearing her hair in a bun... Yeah I'd say that's pretty damn controversial.

 

[Lucifron]

So I'm wondering, why is this so offensive and controversial?

Because homophobic Christians.

 

[The Funslinger]

it's uh... a strange picture to say the least. I don't find it offensive, although that mom'll have explaining to do when he finds this picture at an older age, lol.

hello, embarrassing 12th birthday party! XD

edit: what bothers me is how everyone sees cross-dressing being synonymous with homosexuality. I mean I doubt every guy to slap on a dress has gone "you know what I fancy now? A cock!"

 

[Xanadu84]

Shit for all I know the kid is a girl.

And who cares, he's 5, nobody has a sexual identity at that age.

Interestingly, thats not exactly right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer

I didn't read the whole wikipedia article, but I did read the book that went over the case study. Long story short, a boy was re-assigned surgically as a girl after a circumcision accident. The parents raised him as a girl, never told him about the surgery, and generally made every enviornmental factor indicate, "Girl". He gravitated towards boyish things, generally acted like a boy, and felt that there was something severely wrong with him. When he eventually found out he was originally a boy, he said that it made perfect sense, and lived as a man.

But in regards to this ad, yeah, an instance of pink toenails is absolutely nothing to worry about, and calling this an issue of any extent is silly.

 

[crudus]

Isn't that a girl anyway? Well, the social norms and whatnot are defined by the media anyway so I am not sure what people are bitching about.

Besides the first impression "holy shit is she about to kiss that kid?!" no not really

That's what I thought too. Then I thought "wait, all toddlers and mothers do that".

 

[The Apothecarry]

The kid is five. In terms of painted nails, he's just trying to have fun and be like his mom (which shows that she is a good parent because he looks up to her). Gender-confusion my ass.

 

[Uncle_Brainhorn]

Well, other than her chin being longer than her nose, not really.

 

[natster43]

Not really. So what if the kid is having his nails painted, he is five. I would be like seeing a kid wearing a pink shirt at that age.