What's So Bad About A Boy Who Wants To Dress

When each one of us are born, we are assigned a gender, male or female. However, through the years, it has been brought to our attention that gender is essentially a state of mind rather than a physical state. Exceptional amounts of children and adults these days identify as more than just a male or female. Transgender, gays, lesbians, gender-fluid, and asexual people are the main ones. People who identify in one of these categories tend to have obstacles growing up and being treated normally. People who do not conform to a specific gender are subject to discrimination in today’s society, however we can stop bigotry of those who identify as something beyond male or female, if we can help those who are uninformed on the matter to understand how their minds actually think. In 2012, Ruth Padaweraug, wrote an article named What’s So Bad About a Boy Who Wants to Wear a Dress. In this …show more content…
Alex, a boy who called himself both a boy and a girl, has accepting parents who let him dress as a girl on certain days and wear dresses. When he was asked if he was a boy or girl he eventually said he is a boy, but just likes to dress as a girl and play with girl toys (Padaweraug 2). There are many different ways children can step across their gender boundaries. They may prefer to play with the opposite sex’s toys or wear the opposite sex’s clothing. Furthermore, these “middle space” children can cross the boundaries further when the speak and have mannerisms like the opposite sex and like their biological sex. Parents should act like Alex’s. Some parents are not as accepting as others and have turned to therapist to “fix” their children. Those