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Old 04-13-2011, 02:18 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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They are just colors, however research has been done about colors and how they influence us. One thing that always comes out, girls are drawn to pink and boys to blue, before any social influences can sway our color preference. It's something that we are born with.

I to would like to know what research you are referring to. My daugher is 9 and doesn't like pink and was never drawn to pink actually.
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Old 04-13-2011, 02:20 PM
 
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I to would like to know what research you are referring to. My daugher is 9 and doesn't like pink and was never drawn to pink actually.
Don't fret, your child is probably just gender confused.
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Old 04-13-2011, 02:24 PM
 
Location: Texas
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What does nail polish have to do with gender identity?

People are so effin' stupid which is why it's so effin' easy to rile them up.
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Old 04-13-2011, 02:28 PM
 
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What does nail polish have to do with gender identity?

People are so effin' stupid which is why it's so effin' easy to rile them up.
You are right, of course. If that kid was wearing something sensible like Midnight Blue we wouldn't even be here.
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Old 04-13-2011, 02:33 PM
 
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What does nail polish have to do with gender identity?

People are so effin' stupid which is why it's so effin' easy to rile them up.
Hey, if you want your son to "sparkle" more power to you.

YouTube - My Princess Boy
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Old 04-13-2011, 02:54 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Hey, if you want your son to "sparkle" more power to you.

YouTube - My Princess Boy
I just don't want my son to grow up to be so ignorant as to think that any of this is a reflection on his future 'manhood.' Leave that neanderthal thinking to those same men who worry about the size of their members.

Just more proof that kids don't inherently have stupid prejudices...they are foisted upon them by ignorant, intolerant adults.
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Old 04-13-2011, 03:11 PM
 
Location: North Carolina
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Oh, the horror.
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Old 04-13-2011, 04:30 PM
 
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Was the research completed with only North American children? Western European kids? In many countries, children and parents don't have a choice of what color clothing in which to dress their children. They take what they can get. Preference, research, whatever it may be, I highly doubt it holds true across the board.
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Old 04-13-2011, 04:33 PM
 
Location: NYC/Orlando
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You just have to consider the source.. it is a Fox News article!

I don't think there's anything wrong with kids being interested in something outside the "norm". When I was that age my parents brought me to Disney World regularly.. the only two costumes I ever wanted were Aladdin and Simba.. so that's what they got me! I would have been a very unhappy camper if they had forced me to be a princess. And I grew up to be a straight woman who loves dresses
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Old 04-13-2011, 07:51 PM
 
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Gayness level?!! Is there some sort of meter that measures that?
Sure. It's just like the E-meter Scientologists use, only it's called a G... oh, never mind.
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