Green: How are you doing today?
Brown: I’m fine? What about you?
Green: I’m alright. Did you get my e-mail? The one about the boy who wears dresses?
Brown: Yes! I got the e-mail about the princess boy! Isn’t he adorable! It’s nice that his parents are so supportive of him, and that they let him express himself as he chooses.
Green: I think it’s awful. I would never let my child dress like that. He’ll probably turn out gay.
Brown: Wait… What are you talking about? We are talking about a little boy wearing dresses because he thinks they are pretty. Now you’re saying that he will grow up to be gay.
Green: Yes. That’s exactly what I said. Gay men wear dresses.
Brown: Just because a man is gay doesn’t mean that he wears dresses. And just because a man is straight doesn’t mean that he does not wear dresses.
Green: You watch too much Oprah Winfrey and The Ellen Show. That is where you get all these modern ideas from. Back when I was growing up, we called them like we saw them. Boys who played dress up in dresses were gay. Girls who played basketball were gay, too.
Brown: I can’t believe you are saying these things. How a person chooses to express themselves through clothing or whether or not they play sports has nothing to do with whether or not they are gay or straight. People like you make it hard for other people to live their lives and be themselves.
Green: No, people like you just want everyone to run around being different just for the sake of being different. That boy’s mother should be ashamed of herself. Letting her son dress like that will make him a target for bullying in school.
Brown: It’s not the mother’s fault if he gets bullied in school. Any bullying that that little boy has to deal with will come from people like you who make trouble for him.
Green: I’m not making trouble for the little boy. I’m trying to look out for his best interest so that he grows into a nice young man.
Brown: Why can’t he be a nice young man who wears dresses?
Green: Because men don’t wear dresses.
Brown: Says who?
Green: Says Jesus and all of society. Look around… You don’t see the President wearing dresses.
Brown: This isn’t about Jesus. It’s also not about the President. They are allowed to express themselves through their clothing the way that they want to. That little boy should be able to express himself through his clothing the way that he wants to. He should be allowed to play with dresses just like other little boys are allowed to play with toy trucks. We shouldn’t limit children by trying to box them in to behaving certain ways because they are a boy or girl.
Green: Well if he was my child, he’d wear what I tell him to wear. There wouldn’t be any conversation about it.
Brown: That’s the problem. There isn’t enough conversation about all these expectations and pressures that society puts on people to only behave or look a certain way. It’s not healthy, and that’s why children, teenagers, and adults who are seen as different by other people have such a hard time. We should try to make room for everyone in society.
Green: Don’t try to push your socialist agenda on me. People think that everyone should just accept everything. First it’s boys wearing dresses. What’s next? Cats driving cars?
Brown: What does that have to do with anything? Cats cannot drive cars. Now you’re getting me off-topic. All I’m saying is that children shouldn’t be forced into either boy things or girl things from the second that they are born. And it’s okay if boys and girls like what they like and express themselves how they want to express themselves, and what someone chooses to wear has nothing to do with whether or not they are gay or straight. I’m going to get some coffee. Have a nice day.
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