I can understand that people see the introduction of certain concepts as gender as not being tied to biological sex as trying to influence children. It's simply an idea that a lot of people don't agree with because it doesn't make sense to them. It doesn't matter if they're right or wrong: people have the right to decide what kind of things their children get exposed to. I'm an atheist and apart from a general introduction to why people have different views on life I wouldn't want my kids to have to endure religion when they're in school.
I truly feel for the transgender community because life is hard for a lot of them. I also believe it's only a small percentage of this group (or the other letters in LGBT) that feels that these topics have to be discussed extensively in grade schools. I'm convinced most people just want to live their lives and not be bothered by others. I also think that's the main motivation behind introducing children to these concepts: to normalize them which in the end will lead to the LGBT community being treated better in general. That being said I will stick with the fact that parents should be able to decide if their children get introduced to it. I wouldn't have a problem with it, but I wouldn't want to force it onto someone else's kids.
|