Father in rural Germany finds his young son likes to wear dresses; does the same

[kain_kusanagi]

Torillian said:

kain_kusanagi said:

The article says he is teaching his kid gender equality. It's a terrible movement that has parents given their kids gender neutral names and hiding their gender from family and friends.

Our species has two sexes for a reason. We have similar but different bodies. Gender roles aren't bad by nature. If something isn't fair then fight it, but don't try to change human nature.

If men really want to wear a skirt they can wear a perfectly acceptable kilt. If a kilt isn't enough than it's not the dress they like, it's the girly aesthetic.

 

Genders roles aren't necessarily good or necessary by nature either, though.  And why should he fight his son and make him do something he doesn't want to do just so he doesn't have to fight completely arbitrary gender definitions like girls are the ones that wear dresses?  If the choice is between his son being comfortable and society being comfortable I think he made the right choice.

Do you mean that he likes looking like a girl or he likes the aesthetic of the dress itself?  Because I don't think wearing a kilt is all that similar to the dress he's wearing in the picture so I could see it not being the same to him.  

Ok, I'll explain what I meant.

It is my opinion that men who wear woman's clothing don't do so because of the practicality of the dress. They do so because it makes them feel feminine. Shorts and kilts give just as much air flow in hot weather as well as freadom of movement. Given the option of wearing shorts or kilts and choosing to wear a woman's dress means it's not the shape of the cloth the man likes, he likes the female association.

I'm not talking about the boy in the article. He's too young to know better.