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[jyuufish]

Well I'm pretty much angry now and there's no getting over it because I have to sit there and look at Todd's face. We just had a dicussion on progress and evidentally Todd doesn't think that his boy child (who is not even a year old) should cry. In fact he is the most unprogressive piece of bullshit ever, I told him that it wasn't fair to

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[zweilous]

Wow at Todd. Someone needs to introduce him to this magical concept called 'the 21st century', where people don't need to adhere to gender stereotypes!

I like sitting at home and sewing and watching mecha. Would that make his face explode from OMG WAT?

[jyuufish]

Yeah I know, see I don't do any of that, I don't work on cars, I don't build things, my area of expertise is technical. But oh my god I like anime AND romance novels (NO WAI!)

Added and unrelated note, hope you like bourbon balls because when I send out your christmas goody box, there will be bourbon balls (since I'm gonna try my hand at making them this year, being that it's a Kentucky Tradition.. or something)

[shuufish]

We are a progressive household, Todd is just a dick. Strangely enough, many people don't meet these stereo types as I am the sort of gal that can make dresses AND build a book shelf. Go figure.

Sometimes he is just cruel to Soren, like my dad was cruel to my brother. Our society expects too much out of men. It's really unfair to expect men to be emotionless or to have to tough it up all the time. He should be allowed to feel. I just don't know what to do about it. Other then to make the point at some other time with Todd since I missed the initial instance. GRRR.

[jyuufish]

Yeah, I think it's ludicrous that we should be forced into boxes, no I refuse to be. Yes he is damn cruel, damn cruel and with unfair expectations. If I were him, I would let Soren feel free to be whatever he wants to be, if he wants to play with dolls then fine, I do not see any problems with that.

Maybe we should make them feel guilty about their sexuality while they are at it, like every time Midori runs around naked in the house, we should bark at her to put on clothing because to be naked is indecent. SAME THING.

If we are going to teach tolerance, equality and such, we can't just teach them that one thing is equal and the other thing isn't. People have done that before, you know what that's called? THE BIBLE.

[shuufish]

Any kind of intolerance is the same, I think, but what makes me more disgusted by all of this is that I know that the true reason behind him being so awful is because he just doesn't like to listen to the sound of the children crying. He will rip into Midori for crying too, he just hustifies himself when it's Soren by saying 'Oh, boys shouldn't cry.' so he doesn't have to feel bad about himself for doing it. Either way, it's unreasonable. Babies cry. It's their only form of communication and until Soren can say real words that mean things that we understand, his only line of communication is the cry. By telling him to not cry, he's undermining his sense of worth and trust, because in essence, he's saying that what Soren wants, needs, and feels is inappropriate and unimportant

[jyuufish]

Yeah I saw that as well.. I don't know why he was doing something shitty like that, seriously. Yes Tolerance will be taught here, or else. WE ARE DOWN WITH INTOLERANCE. (hopefully I don't punch him)

[brojob]

Oh dear, these are the kinds of people that need to be sat down and told that stereotypes are a horrible and inaccurate thing and are the bane of a progressive society. Everyone has the right to like what they want, express themselves how they want, and do what they want (as long as it doesn't have a negative effect on society/the people around them in the long run, like violence). Regardless of race, weight, height, hair colour, gender, etc.

I'M A HUMAN BEING, I DO WHAT I WANT

He just sounds like a jerk who refuses to see the proverbial light. Hopefully things will turn out alright eventually.

[jyuufish]

Oh I agree, I think that testosterone gives men the predisposition to make males rougher, and estrogen makes women more nuturing BUT THESE LEVELS DIFFER IN EVERYONE!

[thieves]

Uuugh what. I'm glad the kids have you to tell them they can express themselves however they please.

[jyuufish]

Yeah and I'm alright with that. If Soren wants to play with dolls, he can. I do not think that playing with dolls will be singularly scarring in his life, I also think that Todd was placating us at the dinner table because he was going on about Midori being a fighter pilot who dropped bombs on people. He thinks that if he gives us the girl, we'll let him have the boy to force his emotional castration upon.

NOT HAPPENING.

[draiol]

Holy crap that's some offensive bullshit o_O

[jyuufish]

Yeah it is, and every time he speaks he seems to put his feet more and more in his mouth.

[draiol]

I'm so sorry. You have more patience than I do, I would have snapped completely.