Wasserpistole · 13 answers · 4y
"Charlize Theron is raising her son as a girl." Your opinion?
"Charlize Theron is raising her son as a girl." Your opinion?
By "as a girl" what do you mean? (Sometimes girls are raised as boys but society has stereotyped so much into 1 mold) who are we to force anyone to fit into a box that is always evolving?
Idk anything about her child, but given that they've shown signs of leaning in that direction I commend her.
Like others have said, there's not really enough information given. It sounds like just a flashy headline. But from what information I'm given here it sounds pretty fucked up. Like she's trying way too hard to be "woke" and her son is paying the price. It's possible that he stated he'd rather be a girl, but even so, it sounds like he's way too young to intelligently make that kind of decision.
that's fucked up:P
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Oh, really? Sucks bad. Reminds me of that time I was raised as a boy (plus my dad told me "girls don't like space"). It's so crazy that I became an absolute treasure anyway. Guess kids really are resilient.
My onion is that I need more information because this seems like an oversimplified headline in an attempt to get people of both extremes on the continuum to think something specific. But also, I don't care enough to look up that information myself -- it's her kid and it doesn't sound like anything harmful is happening.
Andy mentions discomfort with the idea that you'd impose life changing decision on children, but... that's literally all we do to kids, whether you raise them by more traditional ideals/methods or by whatever you'd classify this as. It is literally impossible to raise them in ANY way without contributing something to their personality, worldview, identity, their mental health, etc. Just because you raise your kids by a "traditional" route doesn't mean you aren't going to damage them.
I know nothing of the details. But I get the whole 'raise them neutral way' thing - as it might help the child figure out where they want to be in life. However, I'm uncomfortable with the idea of putting life changing decisions on children. Their world is small, so I think parents can't appreciate the level of influence they can have on a young developing brain.
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