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To: Clint N. Suhks
Foot binding is an attempt to deform what is natural into what is pleasing to somebody else. Forcing kids into roles they may not fit does them a great disservice. Tomboys may grow up to be perfectly hetero girls. Making them ashamed for being themselves is destructive. If there's a rock here, it's your head.
87 posted on 12/15/2002 3:08:45 PM PST by gcruse
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To: gcruse
Thank you for the history of foot binding, too bad the analogy is inane. Comparing a pathology to something natural (i.e. comparing right behavior with wrong behavior) is in and of itself disordered.

Tomboys may grow up to be perfectly hetero girls.

Oh? They “may” but research show it’s likely that they won’t.

Making them ashamed for being themselves is destructive.

First of all who said that treatment involves shaming? Second, do you have some research that shows this treatment is “destructive”? I’ll bet you don’t. So are we to believe your OPINION or research that proves otherwise? Remember, sarcasm and stupidity is no replacement the facts and truth.

88 posted on 12/15/2002 3:54:01 PM PST by Clint N. Suhks
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