Re:Why Some Researchers Think I’m Wrong About Social Media a...
by kelseyfrog on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @11:58AM
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If parents don't want their kids attending drag shows it's pretty easy for them to simply not take their kids, but that's not what's happening.
What's happening is that those parents are making a fuss about what other parents are deciding to do.
Telling other kids and parents what to do is a consistent position. Like forced identity disclosures in schools. It isn't enough that they would like to get notified, but every kid who asks to be called something different has to be disclosed, or if they don't want their kid playing sports with a trans kid, they would rather kick out the trans kid out than make choices about their own participation.
What's happening is that those parents are making a fuss about what other parents are deciding to do.
Telling other kids and parents what to do is a consistent position. Like forced identity disclosures in schools. It isn't enough that they would like to get notified, but every kid who asks to be called something different has to be disclosed, or if they don't want their kid playing sports with a trans kid, they would rather kick out the trans kid out than make choices about their own participation.