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I feel like saying they're "asking for it" is a bit harsh. It's more like "You're making your son especially vulnerable to harassment, assault and other predatory behavior because you allow him into the public eye, bar scenes, and other hostile environments for children and you're a fucking idiot for being surprised this is happening." But that doesn't make a good headline.
^ the pedo quotes
I think there's a difference between letting your kid play dress up and the drag performances that adult gay men do. Desmond's attempts to imitate adults isn't him saying he's a "sex kid"- he just doesn't know the implications that come with stuff adult drag performers do, like the tearing off articles of clothing, and having dollar bills thrown at them, ect. He's a flamboyant kid and he mimics what adults around him do. I think that there's a difference between people who are disturbed by the fact that this kid is allowed to wear dresses and the people who are upset that he goes to bars at 1 am. I feel like the media tends to lump them into one group.
Also saying that "conservative media" is saying a 12 year old is "asking for it" has me feeling a certain way when it was just one Christian site with their whole "gays are degenerate pervert pedophiles" spiel. Sure, that's a conservative view, but it makes it sound like all criticism of this behavior comes from heterosexual conservative killjoys. There are a lot of gay liberals also disturbed by this.
This doesn't really need to be said, but:
Desmond is too young to be expected to know that he's "asking for it" an what "it" might be (although by now he might, since he has been exposed to so much adult sexuality). Whether or not he has any knowledge that he is "asking for it," he is just a kid and has zero power over his parents and any other adults who are exploiting him.
His parents are adults and do have power to keep him safe. They are supposed to be protecting him from harm, whether the "harm" is letting him watch inappropriate TV shows, play outside in the middle of the a busy street, or taking him to seedy gay bars in the wee hours of the morning to strip for horny men. This is their job as parents, to protect their children from harm. They are doing the opposite, basically throwing him out to the wolves, even inviting the wolves into his life. They know damn well what they are doing. If they are denying it by calling it a case of simple homophobia, they are lying.