But what could this controversial ad possibly be?! Could it be another vulgar ad that degrades women? Could it be an explicit article of some sort? Perhaps a crude shirt saying something like "The Holocaust Was Awesome!" even? Nope. Not even close.
Prepare yourself, for I dare to post the very ad on my own blog site. Behold the horror:
But--wait a second. Where's the awful material that is too horrible for any human mind to even withstand? Where's the disgusting wrongness in this image?
DOST THOU NOT SEE? THE BOY'S TOENAILS ARE PAINTED IN PINK!
...You don't see the horrible wrong in such a thing?
Good. Me neither. But apparently, Fox News does.
Since this "issue" came about Fox News has be criticizing J. Crew and the mother in this image (who is the founder of the company) for the following things:
-Promoting the idea of transgender children
-Promoting non-Christian values
-Promoting homosexuality in children
-Encouraging Americans to ignore gender identity rules
-Bringing psychological harm to those who view this ad
-Encouraging bad parenting
It's okay kid, there's plenty of pink nail polish in Hell!
Are they fucking serious? What the hell is the big deal here? First of all, the boy is just a damn child. And he sure as hell isn't your child. So you have no right to tell this woman how or how not to be a parent in the first place just because of your twisted belief system.
Second: Do the people against this ad realize how amazingly idiotic they sound? In this article by "Dr." Keith Ablow he gives a harsh criticism of the ad and the mother, stating that images like that create a "gender identity crisis" in children. He even makes the accusation that the mother will need to get psychotherapy for her child just because of the event:
"Yeah, well, it may be fun and games now, Jenna, but at least put some money aside for psychotherapy for the kid—and maybe a little for others who’ll be affected by your “innocent” pleasure."
I sometimes wonder why some people were permitted out of the womb.
Can a mother not have a fun-loving moment with her son? It's not like she was painting little red swastikas on his feet wile he wore an KKK hood dammit. But of course, he's a young boy. If he wasn't throwing a football or playing video games then he needs to gtfo.
Why does pink even have to be a color that's "just for girls"? I had no idea that colors started to determine who people were. I guess that wearing green makes me a leprechaun and wearing black makes me a goth amirite?
And what's with the people crying on about "psychological trauma" and the "promoting of transgender children"? What happened to a mother and her son being bored on a Sunday afternoon? Or maybe the kid was like "Hey mommy we should put on pink nail polish!" and his mom decided to go through with it and use it for the catalog. Trust me, I doubt he will have any emotional scars.
Keith Ablow (that douchebag from Fox News who wrote the linked article) also stated that painting your son's toenails pink was just as immoral and "unwise" as dressing your little girl up like a little slut.
Umm...pardon me professor but you see just as much wrong in this:
As this?!:
Hmm...Not enough blush on the cheeks...
I think there's a huge difference between little girls walking around in public with push-up bras and mini skirts and a little boy getting his nail painted during a fun evening.
If this is such a fuckin' tragedy then why don't you go ahead and go after all the girls who don't wear dresses? Why don't you have a field day at the news station when an ad comes up featuring a girl wearing boyish clothing and doing something other than shopping or texting?
Don't you get it?
It doesn't matter.
I grew up living a guy's life. I knew very well then that I was a girl and I have never had a serious desire to become a male at any point of my life. I simply live in a way that makes me happy. If that involves hunting and playing Search and Destroy on COD then so be it. If a guy likes to cook or do fashion or anything else that has been placed in the list of presumably "girly" things then so be it. It isn't going to screw with every developing person. What WILL screw with a young child is adhering them to a strict set of rules and having them grow up being taught gender stereotypes and silly expectations. What's that? You want to play with your sister's Barbie doll?
TO HELL WITH YOU!
We keep the nail polish in the back.
There are also nice afternoons where a mother has a sweet moment with her son.
Pull your head out of your ass before you speak next time, it helps prevent you from talking so much bullshit.
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