An American clothing company ran this picture in it's most recent catalogue.
The woman is the company's president and creative director, the boy is her five year old son.
I looked at this picture and saw a nice mother/son moment, both people clearly happy and enjoying each other's company.
Some people, including all the major news networks in America looked at this picture and saw only the pink nail polish the boy has on his toenails.
Seasoned reporters, supposedly educated, tasked with bringing people actual news stories, apparently felt this was worthy of criticism and then started making judgements about the sexuality of the child and the intentions of his mother.
The mildest quotes called the nail polish "gender-bending", others called the pink polish "a clear attack on masculinity" and in one case "a propaganda campaign for transgender children".
Apparently pink nail polish on a little boy is a clear sign that he will grow up to be either gay, transgendered, or a cross dresser, and OMG! his mother is encouraging this.
Firstly, there is nothing wrong with being gay, transgendered or a cross dresser, and if he is any of those things, I would hope his mother would still love and support him.
And secondly, right now, he is a five year old boy, he likes pink, and he's having fun, and his mother should be applauded for letting him paint his nails whatever colour he wants rather than having a gender-panic freak out and not letting him do it.
And all those people who are having a problem with this need to chill the fuck out, and start reporting on some actual news stories.
I looked at this picture and saw a nice mother/son moment, both people clearly happy and enjoying each other's company.
Some people, including all the major news networks in America looked at this picture and saw only the pink nail polish the boy has on his toenails.
Seasoned reporters, supposedly educated, tasked with bringing people actual news stories, apparently felt this was worthy of criticism and then started making judgements about the sexuality of the child and the intentions of his mother.
The mildest quotes called the nail polish "gender-bending", others called the pink polish "a clear attack on masculinity" and in one case "a propaganda campaign for transgender children".
Apparently pink nail polish on a little boy is a clear sign that he will grow up to be either gay, transgendered, or a cross dresser, and OMG! his mother is encouraging this.
Firstly, there is nothing wrong with being gay, transgendered or a cross dresser, and if he is any of those things, I would hope his mother would still love and support him.
And secondly, right now, he is a five year old boy, he likes pink, and he's having fun, and his mother should be applauded for letting him paint his nails whatever colour he wants rather than having a gender-panic freak out and not letting him do it.
And all those people who are having a problem with this need to chill the fuck out, and start reporting on some actual news stories.
