Some people are very stupid

A J crew ad with a boy with his nails painted is getting slammed by some super conservatives stating that it "promotes transgender children." First of all, even if it did, there's a ton of high school kids that are struggling to find their place that would probably be thankful. But even worse, It doesn't, not even in the slightest bit. What it shows is a mother and son having an afternoon together. They are both smiling and laughing...and the kids toenails are painted pink. Maybe the criticizers never had brothers or sisters, but ive had my nails painted a few times and while I won't say I turned out fine, having my nails painted more than once never ever EVER had an affect on the thoughts I had about gender or sexual preference as I'm sure many others would agree. the criticizer goes on to say that "it may be fun and games now, but at least put money aside for psychotherapy...."

If your kid needs psychotherapy after  having this happen he either A. was going to be transgender anyway and this had nothing to do with it, or B. Has a very frail mind and would have been scarred by something else in the world...Better hides your bras ladies, little johnny here looks interested in the wearing aspect of them.

Then she says this is basically the same as advertising a boy wearing a sundress. Nail polish = sundress? I mean they are both generally worn by girls but other than that I'm lost in the comparison. Girls are wearing pants?...they might as well throw on a jockstrap!

Finally we hear from a woman who was accused of something like this a little while ago...She says
"If the roles had been reversed and the photo...had been of a little girl playing in the mud with trucks, nobody would have batted an eye."


AMEN. If we are living in an equal society then everything needs to be treated equal. If a boy wearing nail polish freaks you out then little girls wearing pants, playing baseball or taking CEO positions is promoting transgender messages also.

You can't have it both ways.... Story below.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110413/ts_yblog_thelookout/hot-pink-toenailed-boy-in-j-crew-ad-sparks-controversy