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I guess I am having a problem with the world "let." I, as a Black woman, am currently being brainwashed by academics ( I am in a doctoral program). As a woman raised by a woman from the Seezouth, I truly understand the concept of "let." I wonder what we do when we "don't let" our children do x,y,z? Do we...spank them? Do we ridicule them? Do we firmly suggest they don't? Do we remind them, as I am assuming Dionysus would, that there may be a lot of backlash that they may soon wish they'd made another decision to avoid?
I just don't see what the alternative is? I can PRAY that God makes my son want to participate in "gender specific" sports, but beyond that, what am I supposed to do?
I mean, I had a Bruh basically tell me last week that if I didn't MAKE my son play football that he would grow up to be an Alpha! What's that about?
On another token there is a girl at my son's school who is all but "feminine." She plays football (better than the boys), basketball (better than the boys), cut off all her hair, to about ear length and wears the B-ball shorts and sneakers EVERY SINGLE DAY! Are we worried that she will be masculine? That she will be a dyke? What gives?
Am I making this too serious? I may. I am sorry, I just took a final for a class on the sociology of gender and sexuality. Forgive me.
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