A Good Men Project team member found this disturbing pamphlet on imgur.
Sounds to me like someone’s personal vendetta. I mean… Don’t allow him to saunter around with his arms folded across his chest wearing flip flops??? Yeah, one of the main “warning signs” of homosexuality: folded arms and flip flops.
Can’t you just see homophobic mom and dad reading this, looking at one another, then running up into their son’s closet and burning all of his flip flops in some sort of ceremony involving holy water and a stake?
I would laugh were I not so horrified.
What do you think?
This is like any other list or opinion; it’s like eating fish: eat the meat and spit out the bones. I doubt if this is serious but there are things on the list that I teach my daughters, and that you would have a hard time convincing me don’t make good sense. I taught my daughters: 1. Work hard for what you want. 2. Explain good touch and bad touch. 3. Monitor who their friends are 4. No lipstick or makeup (until older) 5. Make sure they have good female role models (aside from their mom) 6. I don’t allow… Read more »
First off, Eric, it’s “serious.” It appears to be from a “youth intervention journal” aimed primarily at African American families. Secondly, unless you’re making sure your daughters “have good female role models (aside from their mom) so they don’t become lesbians, or “monitor who their friends are” so there aren’t any butch girls in there who might lead them astray, or “don’t allow [your] girls to do sleepovers….etc.” because you don’t want the mother of the house sneaking upstairs to molest your daughter as she sleeps, then you’re talking about apples and oranges with regard to this list. It’s not… Read more »
Here’s the whole magazine it’s from, if any of you are curious:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/71997778/Volume-1-Issue-10-Youth-and-Adult-Intervention-Services-Digest
According to noted evangelist and child psychologist Dr. James Dobson (not to mention many others), a sure sign that your son has homosexual tendencies is a lack of interest in sports on his part. 😆 Whoever heard of a NORMAL boy who didn’t love sports? I mean, after all, masculinity is defined solely in terms of physical strength and athletic prowess; and moral courage counts for nought.
Uh, I guess someone forgot to tell David Kopay, Brian Sims, and Esera Tuaolo that they’re not supposed to be gay.
Let’s not forget Gareth Thomas. I mean there isn’t much that’s more masculine than rugby…
And John Amaechi, of course…wouldn’t want to leave out other sports besides football and rugby. Oh and of course there’s this: https://goodmenproject.com/good-feed-blog/you-can-play-equality-acceptance-and-the-nhl/
But yeah, sports are a sure-fire way to make a kid straight. lol. 😉
Did I bump my head and wake up in 1950s America? No? Then what the hell is a list like this doing in 2012?!
The entire idea behind the list is pretty horrible, but perhaps the most enraging bit is the one about boys crying: “When your son cries, don’t pick him up.” I mean really, really?! What the flipping heck? Since when is comforting a distressed child a bad thing?
“Be weary of these coaches.” I think the the author of this screed meant “wary.” The buffoonish, inevitable spelling mistakes in these ridiculous screeds are like the toy at the bottoms of the CrackerJack boxes.
What about when it’s early, he has morning wood and he’s tired anyway. Could sitting down be acceptable in those circumstances? Maybe pissing on the wall/ shower curtain/ t.p. roll is more manly. I don’t know, I’m not terribly dudely I suppose.
If he was a real man he’d piss on everything and order someone to clean it up, then go up into the woods and kill a grizzly bear with his empty hands for breakfast.
My children actually do this. I mean, aside from the grizzly bear.
I don’t know Christian, sounds like the experiences of a pretty “Dudely” guy to me.
I do not recommend burning flip flops; that would certainly create a toxic cloud which would further contribute to climate change.
Oh wait; is concern for the environment fruity? Dammit!
Oh god Jamie, someone didn’t teach you how to be masculine enough! Clearly, you didn’t have enough Real Men around you as a child.
/sacrasm.