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Can't even begin to come up with a title for this one
I'd probably have gone with something obscure like
A Boy Named Sue. Why is it you think you'd be ok with your kid dressing like a girl, acting like a girl, but not calling himself a girl?
Why so hung up on the label?
Like I said, I also don't believe in typical gender roles. I could wear a dress right now if I felt like it. My wife does not wear them. She does not wear makeup, either. And I don't exactly do typical guy things myself. My stepdaughter will sometimes braid my now incredibly long hair and comment on what a pretty princess I am. It's a good laugh, but I don't identify myself as female, because I'm not, and I never will be. Like Poldaran, I have entertained the idea, and if there was some magical way to change between genders at will, I'd totally do it.
The problem is, there is no way to do that. There is nothing even close. There is nothing any human being can do to change their gender. The best they can do is lie to themselves about who and what they are, and lie to everyone else. Pretending. They know they're not the gender they want to be, and so does the rest of the world. This isn't some phase or temporary thing. They spend their entire lives tormented over it. When is this ever ok?
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Also why is this a topic, is your 3-year old already exhibiting feminine characteristics?
No. He is very much a typical boy. We were only discussing it because it's the kind of thing my wife likes to dwell on. Sometimes it seems as if she would prefer him to be transsexual.