Homeschool mom crushed by moral dilemma after son sees male CoverGirl wearing makeup

[progressoid]

When 17-year-old James Charles was named the first male ambassador for CoverGirl this month, the company’s message was simple: “All of our CoverGirls are role models and boundary-breakers, fearlessly expressing themselves, standing up for what they believe and redefining what it means to be beautiful,” the makeup brand said in a press release. “James Charles is no exception.”

But one mother did take exception to the brand’s inclusive message, penning an article for the Homeschool Conservative lamenting the impact a male CoverGirl had on her 6-year-old son.

“Mommy, why doesn’t daddy wear makeup,” 6-year-old Mark reportedly asked his mom Sarah.

“Both of us were caught off guard, we didn’t know how to answer,” Sarah wrote. “I don’t know why, but the most logical thing we could think of at that moment was to say, ‘No, that’s a girl.’”

When it became apparent that Charles is in fact a male, she told her kid, “Daddy doesn’t wear makeup because makeup is for girls.”

“Well why is that boy wearing makeup?” her son pressed Sarah wrote about the “moral dilemma” generated by her child’s inquisitive nature:

“Do I lie to my son? Or do I tell my 6-year-old my full opinion? I thought about lying and saying, ‘That’s how his eyes really look.’ Or, do I tell the truth and have a deeper discussion with him? Maybe, ‘That’s the way his mommy and daddy chose to raise him. But, that’s not the way we are choosing to raise you.’

Does a parent end it there? Or continue to say, ‘That is sinful and wrong. He shouldn’t be doing that, and his parents are wrong.’”

...http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/homeschool-mom-crushed-by-moral-dilemma-after-son-sees-male-covergirl-wearing-makeup/comments/#disqus

[emulatorloo]

1. Don't these folks have better stuff to do?

Busybodies.

[Statistical]

2. He wears makeup because he wants to wear makeup.

Your dad doesn't wear makeup because he doesn't want to wear makeup.
Grown ups can choose if they want to wear makeup or not.

See that wasn't "morally" difficult.

[ronnie624]

8. Dilemma solved.

That wasn't so hard.

[TrishaJ]

22. Perfect.

Why can't people accept the obvious?

[Farmgirl1961]

3. Really??? Wearing makeup is a moral dilemma

Wow. Yes, how about the truth. This young man likes to wear makeup - end of story.

The thing is, one sentence like that and that might end the conversation. If not and the son asks: "So why doesn't daddy wear makeup?" she could say, "Well, it's just something that daddy has never done.

[stevenleser]

4. This isn't a moral dilemma. There are many cowards ways out for homophobes.

"Models, actors and television people use makeup. This person is a model."

[msongs]

5. women waste billions on makeup so men want to waste too. equal opportunity. nt

[Warpy]

6. Mommy is obviously unfit to "school" even a six year old

since Mommy has no clue about theater and television and the amount of makeup participants have to wear to be either seen by the cheap seats or look barely human under intense lighting.

Mommy also clearly doesn't know that what other people choose to wear or not wear is none of her fucking business.

Mommy is an ignorant twit.

[ellie]

7. It's sinful and wrong

for a man to wear makeup? What the hell is the matter with people?

[jmowreader]

13. Oh, the Bible says you shouldn't

The Bible also says women aren't supposed to cut their hair, but most highly religious women have no problem with that.

[JI7]

9. dumbfucks. these are the type of dumbasses who vote republican

[Tanuki]

10. Ironically, this moron probably voted for Donald Fucking Trump, who wears makeup

every time he appears in public. Many people say that he applies it with a trowel.

[kerouac2]

26. My thoughts exactly. Not to mention TV evangelists.

[JHan]

35. lmao!!

[Yavin4]

11. This is why Trump won.

How do we reach out to people like this again?

[Hekate]

12. Am I the first here to notice that he is gorgeous? He has a highly unusual look....

...even if he were to wear no makeup at all. Those eyes!

[Chellee]

38. He's also a really incredible makeup artist.

A link to his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamescharles/?hl=en

He has a lot of day looks, but he also has some costume and party looks, and he works on other people too.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. Here's what you say, "Mom": You say "People are all different. Some girls and women wear makeup

some don't. Some boys and men wear makeup, some don't.

Some people are tolerant and open-minded. And some people are preachy, sanctimonious asshats, like your father and I"

[pnwmom]

16. Ooops! I just noticed you already said what I was thinking.

[Warren DeMontague]

18. GMTA

[pnwmom]

15. How about: Some people like to wear makeup, some people don't.

And some people only like to wear it sometimes.

[JI7]

17. was she outraged over Trump and the Billy Bush Video ? or did she vote for him ?

i bet she is one of those who think consensual same sex is worse than male raping a female .

[GreenEyedLefty]

19. How did we ever survive the 70s and 80s? and beyond?

So many male musicians, so much makeup.... these are just a few off of the top of my head.

David Bowie
Prince
Kiss
Marilyn Manson
Ozzy Osbourne
Alice Cooper
Billy Joe Armstrong
Boy George
Freddie Mercury

The list goes on and on...

[ProfessorGAC]

24. I Wore It On Stage Too

Especially on TV. (Did several telethons in the Chicago market.)

Did a pretty glammy, pretty boy (not that i'm that pretty) thing during the early and mid-80's too, so wore heavy makeup every show. (Nearly 400, or around 12 a month for 3 years)

Yet, somehow it didn't change the world for the worse. Now that i know what a moral dilemma this is, i'm wondering why i didn't cause the apocalypse.

[progressoid]

25. I wouldn't be so sure you didn't cause the apocalypse

The Beatles --- David Bowie --- YOU --- Gay Marriage --- apocalypse.

Seems pretty obvious when you see follow the trend.

[ProfessorGAC]

29. Damn!

You got me. I did cause it. I must have been sleeping when it happened, and that's hard because i'm a sleep 40 minutes up and hour all night person. So, it happened in 40 minutes?

[Dorian Gray]

20. Christ on a cracker

She's afraid to have a deeper and honest conversation with her son that different people in life choose different things?

Daddy doesn't wear makeup because daddy doesn't want to. Plenty of women don't, either. And while I am a woman who does wear makeup at times, and my husband doesn't, i'm not afraid to talk to my daughter about societal norms, how they may be wrong, and how people can break the gender barriers.

[elehhhhna]

21. Show him a pic of Hair Fuhrer. We wears makeup.

[hatrack]

23. You see, people must be jailed, rights limited, groups attacked, genders scapegoated . .

. . . so that parents will never be asked embarrassing questions by their children.

Pro tip: If you're a parent, you're in the embarrassing question business - and if you're not, you're doing it wrong.

Uh-huh, a moral dilemma. She's the Dietrich Bonhoeffer of the 21st Century. Such heroism! Such martyrdom!

[raging moderate]

27. Didn't President Reagan wear makeup?

It seems to me he did.

[gollygee]

28. "That's the way his mommy and daddy chose to raise him" ??????

What? Why would this have anything to do with his parents? Teenagers don't always base their decisions on what their parents think. He wears makeup because he likes to, not because of his parents.

I'm sensitive to this because I have a teen who is non-binary and gay and whose best friend isn't allowed to hang out with them anymore, and this is the reasoning her parents gave. "You chose to raise your child in this way, and we choose to raise our child in a different way." It's such bullshit. My child isn't gay or non-binary because of how my husband and I raised them. It's just how it is. Maybe my child is comfortable being open about it because of how we raised them, but I don't think that's a bad thing.

[Tanuki]

30. There is nothing in the Bible that says this is "sinful and wrong" for a male to wear makeup,

or that "girls wear makeup", so i don't why this blasphemous fool would take it upon herself to invent sins. Presumably that is usurping the role of God. I wonder what other nonsense she is inflicting upon her home-schooled child.

[treestar]

31. This is what intolerance is

I see right wingers whining that we are not "tolerant" of their opinions. But that's not intolerance. Intolerance is this, thinking other people have to follow your rules or there is something wrong. It's just not her business.

[Baitball Blogger]

32. She should tell him the truth.

Charlie, there is a big whole world out there that I'm trying to shelter you from, but once you escape the boundary of our over-protective shelter you will find that everyone dances to the beat of a different drummer.

[Thav]

33. I'd give the same answer my wife gave my daughter when she asked why my wife doesn't wear makeup

"I don't want to, and I don't need to. Besides, some of it is pretty expensive."

It's not a moral dilemma, it's finding the simplest answer. A question from a six year old doesn't require a PhD level philosophical and metaphysical answer. "Why doesn't daddy wear makeup? Because he doesn't want to and doesn't need to." Bam, question answered and your values are upheld.

Maybe the mom should ask why does she need makeup?

[ismnotwasm]

34. I have a moral dilemma with ONLY women wearing make-up

Well--not moral I guess. It would ease my heart if people who use the art of self decoration did so freely, without gender bias. I think gender bias is far more harmful--this women will never see that.

[Fresh_Start]

36. Don't worry about the cover girl teen wearing makeup...worry about your vain president trump

wearing makeup, defrauding people, stealing from his suppliers/employers, and stealing from taxpayers.....
but the important thing is that Donald Trump also wears makeup

[BigDemVoter]

37. Oh that poor mother. . . .

I just can't imagine anything more heart breaking than having to explain to a 6-year-old that SOME MEN WEAR MAKEUP!


Jesus H. Christ. . . That poor, dumb soul. If this is all she has to worry about in life, she doesn't have enough fucking SHIT to REALLY worry about.