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All I can say to anyone that reacts negatively to what this executive did with her son is: grow up, get a life, and please: stop having kids. If these nay sayers don't have fun with their kids, hold tea parties, paint toenails, then their kids will grow up to be the bullies we hate. Read on:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/13/earlyshow/living/parenting/main20053508.shtml
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. (Sir Francis Bacon 1561-1626)
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13751
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Bigotry is insanity writ large
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Style is a fickle thing.
From a Ladies’ Home Journal article in June 1918:
"The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl."
From an article 'When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?'
"Little Franklin Delano Roosevelt sits primly on a stool, his white skirt spread smoothly over his lap, his hands clasping a hat trimmed with a marabou feather. Shoulder-length hair and patent leather party shoes complete the ensemble.
We find the look unsettling today, yet social convention of 1884, when FDR was photographed at age 2 1/2, dictated that boys wore dresses until age 6 or 7, also the time of their first haircut. Franklin’s outfit was considered gender-neutral."
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/When-Did-Girls-Start-Wearing-Pink.html?c=y&page=1
(\\__/) And if you don't believe The sun will rise
(='.'=) Stand alone and greet The coming night
(")_(") In the last remaining light. (C. Cornell)
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JimB
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Registered: December 2006
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Thank you Kiwi. Jon Stewart is soooo funny; of course what the talking heads said made it easy to laugh. One of life's certainties is that you can always find someone who will object to what you do or how you do it.
JimB
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Sorry, Kiwi, it's been made unavailable "at my location".
Hugs
Nigel
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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When I was growing up I:- played with toy guns
- played with toy trains
- played with toy cars
- learned woodwork
- rode my bike to play with boys
- played sports (badly)
- went fishing and caught and killed fish
- grazed my knees in the playground
None of that made me heterosexual.
So how will letting a lad paint his toenails pink affect his growing up?
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Thanks Kiwi... I loved that. BTW Nigel, it was blocked in my area also, but you can either go to Hidemyass.com and try it from there or do as I did to watch it and download the trial version of SmartHide which will hide the location of your ip and you will then be able to view the video.
-Peter
I prefer guys that don't come in a box.
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In the early 20th century, pink was the color for boys since it is a bolder and stronger color. Girls wore the daintier blue color. Darn, my daughters now wear blue all the time. Does that make them different somehow? http://tinyurl.com/yx9vvg
-Peter
I prefer guys that don't come in a box.
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