When Boys Dress Like Girls for Halloween

[Swede]

The boy is in a great family,he'll be a fine person,end of story.



The boy’s mother wrote an impassioned defense of her son’s costume choice on a blog called Nerdy Apple Bottom.

If you think that me allowing my son to be a female character for Halloween is somehow going to ‘make’ him gay then you are an idiot. Firstly, what a ridiculous concept. Secondly, if my son is gay, O.K., I will love him no less. Thirdly, I am not worried that your son will grow up to be an actual ninja so back off.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/when-boys-dress-like-girls-for-halloween/

[pinto]

1. Thirdly, I am not worried that your son will grow up to be an actual ninja so back off.

:kick:

[derby378]

2. If a boy dressed like a REAL ninja, would you even notice him?

Ninjas only wore those ubiquitous black outfits for specialized night missions. They were more likely to dress up as a fishmonger, a peasant, or perhaps even a geisha. Look behind you! Oops, too late.

[Cant trust em]

3. When's the adult Daphne costume coming out?

I would totally rock that next year.

[driver8]

8. Ha Ha -- I was thinking the same thing...

I could totally rock the Daphne costume.

[Voice for Peace]

4. k&r for mothers who defend their kids. nt

[Poll_Blind]

5. Great article, was posted here at DU a while back. But well worth the read.

A mother can be so cruel...

PB

[ejpoeta]

6. i like her reply about the ninja. indeed how is a halloween costume somehow

going to make anyone anything. in notre dame when i went to high school there the football team dressed up in the girls uniforms one year. no one said a thing. i think the cheerleaders dressed up like the football team or something too. whats the big deal!

[peace13]

7. That is a sweet mom!

When my son was five he wanted to be a witch for Halloween. He loved the black pointy hat. I could have gone into a long dialog about how witches are girls but hey...he loved the hat. Who cares. We had big smiles and a lot of fun and not one person told him that witches were 'girls'. That was 1989. We have really gone backward but luckily this mom seems to be on the ball.

[Romulox]

9. " Boo doesn’t want to get out of the car. He’s afraid of what people will say and do to him. "

More about narcissism than gender, to me. :shrug:

[pipi_k]

10. Hah! The ninja comment was excellent!!! And a few others...

we wouldn't worry about our kids becoming just because they wore the costume...


kitty cats
Spongebob Squarepants
devils
Spider Man
tramps and hobos
Star Wars stormtroopers
Big Bird, Elmo, Miss Piggy, or Oscar the grouch


etc.

:7

[here_is_to_hope]

11. I got married on Halloween...

Wearing a lovely size 12 wedding dress, the misses was in a courdoroy tux, vintage Dumb and Dumber.
I don't think I have teh gay but I will ask the wife when she wakes up.

[pipi_k]

12. OMG I hate you!!!!!!!!!

You fit into a size 12?????

I haven't been able to wear a size 12 in over 13 years!!!!





:cry:

[here_is_to_hope]

14. Don't hate me Darling, it's not like I

could zip the damn thing up! My ass fit but the rest, not so much...
:rofl:

[pipi_k]

15. You probably could have zipped it all the way up...

if you had worn a corset...


:+

[Nikia]

13. I have to admit that I chose the male character costume for my 2 year old son

Instead of the female character costume from the same show. He seemed happy with that costume too but he initially showed more interest in the other one. It's not that I was afraid that it would make him gay or girly. I just thought that people would think that he was a girl. Maybe I should consider why that is important to me.
Good for that mom though.