Poll: Does this inspire controversy?

[manythings]

Besides the first impression "holy shit is she about to kiss that kid?!" no not really

Exactly my first thought.

More importantly since when were stripes gay? Who in God's name makes all these rules about what is gay and why is it that people who are most knowledgable about (and obsessed with) these rules are all straight?

Horizontal Stripes:

Look attractive on women

Are slimming

Skinny men that are wearing clothes that could look good on a member of the opposite sex if the clothing were built for a body type of the opposite sex must be gay. There is no other explanation. (basis: skinny jeans) [/sarcasm]

But honestly, who the fuck cares? All the clothes we wear now are tied almost exclusively to our culture. It used to be manly to paint yourself blue and run around naked with an axe. Now everyone just thinks those people are stupid. Dress however you want, kid.

Also: ditto on the kissing, that bit does look a bit off.

It's not the gay issue it's the bizarre and arbitrary rules people seem to have governing things. For a very long time in my town white socks were gay. This was all the weirder since pants cuffs cover socks 99% of the time so it always made me wonder did the non-white sock guys think there was some secret order of white socks gaying out.

Regarding skinny jeans I honestly don't know how any guy can wear those AND have male genitalia. Pants that are even a bit tight in the crotch can be torture.

 

[Drake_Dercon]

But honestly, who the fuck cares? All the clothes we wear now are tied almost exclusively to our culture. It used to be manly to paint yourself blue and run around naked with an axe. Now everyone just thinks those people are stupid. Dress however you want, kid.

It's not the gay issue it's the bizarre and arbitrary rules people seem to have governing things. For a very long time in my town white socks were gay. This was all the weirder since pants cuffs cover socks 99% of the time so it always made me wonder did the non-white sock guys think there was some secret order of white socks gaying out.

Regarding skinny jeans I honestly don't know how any guy can wear those AND have male genitalia. Pants that are even a bit tight in the crotch can be torture.

I think I said something like that later on in my post (quoted above). Not like the socks thing, the other bit.

Also agree with the skinny jeans, then again, women go through worse pain to look fashionable (smart girls don't wear heels), so it's probably something you get used to over time.

 

[Grabbin Keelz]

This looks controversial.

I can tell from the comments and from seeing quite a lot of controversy in my time.


Also this is my 300'th comment, cheers.

 

[Toasty Virus]

I used to paint my nails at that age, and I'm pretty sure of my sexuality(Straight if you're wondering )

 

[ItsAChiaotzu]

I see nothing wrong with this image. The kid is to young to have a sexual orientation figured out, (Straight, homosexual and what have you) let alone be gender confused. There is nothing wrong with that.

There's a huge difference between gender identity and sexual orientation, gender identity is obvious from a very early age in almost every case.

Oh, and don't colour your posts, you're not special, you're just annoying.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

For me, the bigger controversy is spending $65 on a shirt that your kid will probably outgrow in a matter of months. I've never understood the concept of pricey high fashion for little kids.

Agreed. Kids grow out of clothes so fast I can't compretend the mentality that $65 for one shirt is a reasonable expenditure.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

It looks to me like a mother, having a joke and spending some time with her son. Nothing more, nothing less.

Seriously, things are getting out of control. My five year old daughter likes to hold my hand when we go out to shops and stuff and I sometimes get looks from people like "is he a potential pedophile?" What am I supposed to do, be distant and uncaring toward my daughter incase they mistake a father's concern for his daughter as something malevolent?
There's going to come a time where she'll be embarrassed to be seen within five metres of me so I've got to cherish these moments while I have them.

 

[InfiniteSingularity]

a) The kid won't really care
b) I don't really care.

Controversy? Well maybe if you squint really hard you can say she's turning him gay.

Or more likely, if you squint really hard people will look and you and ask "what the fuck are you doing?"

captcha: for candis

 

[GongTheHawkEye]

WHAT? HE'S GETTING HIS TOES PAINTED? HOW DARE HE, WE MUST ALERT THE MEDIA AT ONCE...for....some.....reason.............

 

[viranimus]

Yes it is wrong... it is absolutely disgusting.

All this is for is to be used as blackmail later on when the kid brings his first girlfriend home and the threat of showing the picture off to humiliate them.

Evil, Blasphemous, and shameful.

 

[Corporal Yakob]

I pre-emptively popped out my monocle and bellowed "GOOD LO-" then saw the picture and wondered what the hell was supposed to be the fuss!

 

[Caligulove]

If no one hand pointed it out to me, I would have never even seen that.

I wouldn't call it gender confusion though, so much of what kids at his age is just mimic what they see around them not so much assigning gender roles to certain traits or activities yet. Hell it might even have been a kid who just came up with the idea to put it on his toes for some reason- why? why the hell does any kid that age really do something?

 

[DanielDeFig]

I Didn't even notice the painted toenails until I read the post.

Is there something wrong with that picture? No. But there is something wrong with whoever thinks there is.

I love the picture, they look very happy. I doubt the child is gender confused. I doubt the mother is targeting gender confused children with that picture. And I still don't see the connection between the boys striped shirt, and gender confusion.

 

[SUPA FRANKY]

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What the fuck is up with your avatar? nearly gave me a heart attack!

OT: Like everyone said before, he's 5. Kids don't really think about gender roles at that gar. And even if he was older, what's wrong with it?

 

[SilentCom]

I didn't even notice that the kid had his toenails paints until you had stated that fact. I don't find anything wrong with that, I may find it just slightly weird, but not wrong.

If the boy was wearing girls clothing and make-up such as lipstick and what not then I would say that something is wrong with him.