"Boys don't wear dresses..."

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.... but they do visit hair-stylists, wear earrings, bracelets, nose piercings and beaded necklaces and pose for topless model shoots it seems

Bit of a numpty comment Lewis!

Why don't celebs just keep us out of their private lives
 
Slab said:
.... but they do visit hair-stylists, wear earrings, bracelets, nose piercings and beaded necklaces and pose for topless model shoots it seems

Bit of a numpty comment Lewis!

Why don't celebs just keep us out of their private lives
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I have never liked him .. however got slight bit more respect for him now.. boys don’t wear dresses . Bloody pc world we live in.
 
SteveJay said:
Absolutely.......being "forced" to apologise for making a statement about a family member is crazy. What business is it of anyone else?

Whilst I don't particularly like the guy, the world has gone PC mad if people are outraged by such a statement!!!
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This 👍, I cannot believe that for one minute he said it with the intentions to hurt a 5 yr old boy. For me the reaction has been OTT.
 
drdel said:
Why!
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Why not? Why can’t ‘boys’ wear what they want? Re accepting it, how would it hurt anyone? Why would you object, therefore acceptance is logical,no?
Re Lewis Hamilton, it’s a bit of a non story, apart from attempting to publically shame his own nephew and revealing a really narrow minded view of the world it doesn’t warrant examination :o
 
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This is the bit I cannot get my head around.

If we are to accept that anyone can wear what they want.

Why can we not accept that not everyone will agree with it, but it don't make them right or wrong.
 
therod said:
Why not? Why can’t ‘boys’ wear what they want? Re accepting it, how would it hurt anyone? Why would you object, therefore acceptance is logical,no?
Re Lewis Hamilton, it’s a bit of a non story, apart from attempting to publically shame his own nephew and revealing a really narrow minded view of the world it doesn’t warrant examination :o
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:thup:
 
Tashyboy said:
This is the bit I cannot get my head around.

If we are to accept that anyone can wear what they want.

Why can we not accept that not everyone will agree with it, but it don't make them right or wrong.
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I fully accept that some hold some views that I don’t agree with. You can hold any views you want, however misguided I believe them to be. You can believe the earth to be flat if you want?
I might ask you to rationally explain them, and when you can’t, I might think you’re a bit of a knob. I will also object pretty strongly when they are vocalised to marginalise, persecute and/or attempt to victimise someone because they ‘different’ from you.
Why can’t you just accept difference?

In this case, the boy is 5? He wore a dress? What’s wrong with that? If I chose to wear a pastel lemon tutu, who cares?
 
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What I did find amusing about Mr Hamitons views on what someone is wearing, is some of the stuff he has worn is not to everyone's taste.
 
Tashyboy said:
What I did find amusing about Mr Hamitons views on what someone is wearing, is some of the stuff he has worn is not to everyone's taste.
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I am probably completely wrong here.. but isnt it sort of protecting his nephew.. wearing a dress would leave him open to bullying.. however when your an adult you can do pretty much what the hell you want. when your a kid I found it was best to not buck the trend.
 
What I find weirdest of all is not whether he thinks boys should or shouldn't wear a dress, its that he felt the need to share his opinion on such a topic (& about a family member) to a million people that follow his social media

The bloke's a weirdo doing that
 
Don’t really like Hamilton, but this is a storm in a teacup. His apology is nothing more than an attempt to appease the terminally outraged. I’d have had more respect for him if he’d said something along the lines of “It was all said a bit tongue in cheek, get over it”.
 
The concern would be that within the group of 'terminally outraged' are those who have faced the challenges presented by gender identity issues, both intrinsically and extrinsically and felt they had something in common with a young lad being slagged off by a family member for their choices.

Society is in a state of flux and conflict surrounding this issue. In such conflicts, there are always extremists. On the one side you have those campaigning for the removal of boy/girl sections in shops and a rise of support for raising children in gender neutral surroundings. On the other, you have the 'anti-snowflake', 'you wouldn't catch my son wearing that', 'the world is just full of those wanting to be offended' camp.

IMO, these extremes contribute to the wave of anti-intellectualism that appears to reign nowadays.

Rather, like all topical debates, these are best managed through collation and dissemination of information, with an overall ethos of 'do what you want, as long as you are happy and don't intend to hurt others'. Imagine a world like that.

For me, personally, I have never bought my son a dress, but have not stopped him from playing with angel wings at nursery. He chose a doll from the toy shop once. Big whoop. Would I make fun of him on camera then share it with the world? No. Why? Well it's nothing to do with my stance on LGBTQ rights, rather one of knowing what's teasing and what's so sensitive as to be classed as bullying.

Hamilton has since apologised, but it was complete hollow and clearly managed by his representatives- he has since 'liked' twitter responses which back his video.
 
Smiffy said:
If a bloke turned up to play golf with me and was wearing a dress, he'd get a few choice words aimed in his direction......
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Next idea for H4H is a ballgown fourball!

Votes counted in pounds and pence!

Help raise awareness that everyone has a choice to wear what they want, unless someone pays you to wear it ;)

Nomination not open yet however!
 
Slab said:
What I find weirdest of all is not whether he thinks boys should or shouldn't wear a dress, its that he felt the need to share his opinion on such a topic (& about a family member) to a million people that follow his social media

The bloke's a weirdo doing that
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This is key, believe what you want, just don’t publicly shame in front of 5.7 million people. If your that bothered but him an action man like wot real boys play with ;)
 
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Smiffy said:
If a bloke turned up to play golf with me and was wearing a dress, he'd get a few choice words aimed in his direction......
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HFH 2018??? I’ll wear a little Paige spirinac mini skirt. Don’t stand behind me when I’m picking up my ball??
 
I wonder where this is going. I suppose if we all become gender neutral then it will solve the population crisis. All we need to do now is get the Indians and Chinese to buy into it :thup:
 
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