Gender and Family Life

Some of the things that we talked about in this weeks discussion on gender frustrated me. In the article I read by Dean Byrd he talked about a girl or an "it" I guess who asked her professors at school to not refer to her as neither a male or a female. She did not want to be classified as either. The teachers agreed to refer to her as neither a male or female. Since when is this okay?? People are so worried about being classified that even masculinity and femininity are being taken away. People have this idea that we all need to be so incredibly equal and the same when in reality we are not. God intended for men and women to be different beings. Our sexual bodies were designed for reproduction between male and female. Its natural. Its the way it is supposed to be. Homosexuality is such a huge conflict in todays society that its almost exhausting. Is it hereditary or environmental? No one is born gay. Homosexuality is not an inborn trait. I read a quote by Dean Beard that states, "Most 'sissies' grow to be homosexual and most gay men were 'sissies' as children." This solution seems simple. Stop letting your boys be sissies as children. Hand them and football and take them deer hunting! That will solve everything!!! -Erin.