Poll: Does this inspire controversy?
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I didn't know anything was wrong with the ad until I actually read someone pointing out the kid had nail polish on his toes.
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I didn't know that was wrong. The hell is the deal with painting your toes?
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I didn't know that was wrong. The hell is the deal with painting your toes?
It's only controversial because a sizeable enough group of people have decided to vocalize it as such. It doesn't confuse a boy to paint his toenails. If anything, a child that young is probably delighted at the absurd practice of having one's toenails an oddly different color than the rest of his body. It's only when adults, with their own definitions of the symbolism behind the gesture, decide to make it a problem that it becomes anything more than a moment of humor between mother and son.
I had a discussion like this before with my grandmother and she told me of how her oldest son--who is younger than two daughters before him--used to want a baby doll because his older sisters had one. So she got him one, and he wandered around with it caring for it like a father. Eventually he grew out of it and went on to live a relatively normal life. My point with that is: Children have innocent moments of meaningless fun all the time, and a lot of the times it's the way adults react to it in their presence that suddenly shapes their definition of what they're doing beyond the "meaningless fun."
I had a discussion like this before with my grandmother and she told me of how her oldest son--who is younger than two daughters before him--used to want a baby doll because his older sisters had one. So she got him one, and he wandered around with it caring for it like a father. Eventually he grew out of it and went on to live a relatively normal life. My point with that is: Children have innocent moments of meaningless fun all the time, and a lot of the times it's the way adults react to it in their presence that suddenly shapes their definition of what they're doing beyond the "meaningless fun."
I am terribly confused, I really am. As long as the mods don't mind I am giving you a free pass to flame me, because a strong reaction might at least explain something to me.
Can someone please tell me how this in any way can spark a controversy? I guess it's from the USA, but where in the world can this possibly be so controversial that it needs an outrage? His toenails don't even make up 1% of the picture! If it is from the USA, am I the only one thinking people in the USA are picking stuff at random and then make up the wildest things to be able to talk about a controversy?
This last question is for people to make fun of this Dutchman: What is wrong with Jcrew? Yes, I googled it. Then I got scared away by the young woman with a 60 year old face on the homepage.
Can someone please tell me how this in any way can spark a controversy? I guess it's from the USA, but where in the world can this possibly be so controversial that it needs an outrage? His toenails don't even make up 1% of the picture! If it is from the USA, am I the only one thinking people in the USA are picking stuff at random and then make up the wildest things to be able to talk about a controversy?
This last question is for people to make fun of this Dutchman: What is wrong with Jcrew? Yes, I googled it. Then I got scared away by the young woman with a 60 year old face on the homepage.
if a kid that age asks to do it, its ok and there should be no complaints.
and there shouldnt anyway.
and there shouldnt anyway.
Oh come on let the bloody kid enjoy some innocence before he's at an age he actually worries or gets beaten up for shit like this. I'd say the most important thing in that picture is that he's having fun with his mother! Don't see a lot of it these days.
Quibble: the question "Does this inspire controversy?" is different from "Do you find this offensive?" Does this inspire controversy? Obviously yes, if there's already a controversy about it. Do I find it offensive? No. There's a guy on my floor who borrows my nail polish all the time, and he's definitely not "gender-confused." He's gay, but that has nothing to do with painting his nails.
I think everyone should also paint there nails.
(also that shit would fly in Ireland those 5 year-old bullies would be all over you,You'd be a blood pulp on the ground
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(also that shit would fly in Ireland those 5 year-old bullies would be all over you,You'd be a blood pulp on the ground
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Nope. I've put make-up on my 3-year-old nephew and he's still very much a boy who likes Spiderman and guns and all that little boy stuff. Silly girl stuff will not turn a boy gay, just like my exposure to video games and Star Wars and all sorts of male-targeted entertainment didn't make a manish lesbian.
I laughed way too hard at that.Sober Thal said:
OT: Would they prefer it if he wore blue nail polish?
Barbie at age 3 is a man's decision. *High fives*Woodsey said:
OT: Not really anything wrong with that picture. People are just way too sensitive these days. Everything everywhere is either racist, offensive, or not safe for our children. Give me a break.
I didn't even notice the pink nails until it was pointed out.
Jeez, people need to realize that children aren't nearly as sensitive about these things as adults. Not to mention that kids that age probably don't even have much idea of the concepts of gender.
This whole thing just reeks of fake controversy. I mean, seriously; "An attempt to aim at the young, gender confused demographic"? That is probably one of the smallest demographics you can aim at that isn't "Richie Rich and his friends". It's just a grab at attention, and it's working like a charm.
Jeez, people need to realize that children aren't nearly as sensitive about these things as adults. Not to mention that kids that age probably don't even have much idea of the concepts of gender.
This whole thing just reeks of fake controversy. I mean, seriously; "An attempt to aim at the young, gender confused demographic"? That is probably one of the smallest demographics you can aim at that isn't "Richie Rich and his friends". It's just a grab at attention, and it's working like a charm.
See, I would have been scouring that image for hours if the OP hadn't included what the controversy was all about. At first glance I thought it might have had something to do with the proximity of this woman to this child, but that couldn't be right, that's just silly.
I didn't even notice is toes being painted, however bright the color might be.
You'd have to be a wicked overthinker to get anything even remotely controversial from that ad.
I didn't even notice is toes being painted, however bright the color might be.
You'd have to be a wicked overthinker to get anything even remotely controversial from that ad.
