Cross-Dressing Day Causes Stir at Milwaukee Elementary School

[meltzerboy]

Awwwwwwwww. That sounds so adorable and so fun for the kids! They are so young, it’s hardly a gender thing to them.

Too bad those prude parents are making it one.

Children recognize gender differences as early as two years of age, and perhaps even before. Cross-dressing, however, does not equate to homosexuality necessarily: the majority of cross-dressers are in fact heterosexuals who receive some kind of erotic stimulation from wearing the clothes of the opposite sex. Further, one should not confuse cross-dressing with transgender: cross-dressers, as a rule, do not desire to change their gender. It is not an issue of gender identity but rather a fetish. Having said that, it is still regarded as a psychological disorder since it can often get out of hand. I don’t see why children should be encouraged to cross-dress if they have no desire to do so in the first place. We should teach tolerance, respect, and love of all people, but this is not the way to do it.

 

[Et_Cetera]

and then these children are going to be confused later on in life - there was NO need for a “cross dressing”/“Gender bending” day!

Yeah, one day of fun with dress is definitely going to change their brain chemistry. Sounds like fun to me, but uptight parents will make it a big deal. Barbarism begins at home. The kids who will later bully someone for cross dressing or not being stereotypically masculine enough are most likely the kids whose parents are obsessed with these stereotypical gender roles. Some people just love to make a big deal out of everything and ruin the fun.

 

[KendraDZ1902]

When I was a kid in elementary school my mom would have to force me to wear a dress for picture day. I was a blue jeans and a t-shirt kind of girl. Technically, that is boy clothing. No one would have a problem if a girl showed up to school wearing a pair of blue jeans and a polo shirt. A boy shows up in a skirt and the sky is falling.

I don’t see an agenda being pushed. The article even stated that the idea came form the STUDENT council. Is dressing up like Cowboys and Indians pushing a political agenda? We had a “Reds vs. Dreads” day during homecoming one year and you dressed up like a redneck or a hippy. Is that pushing a political agenda? No, not at all. Just a fun day at school. My brother, one year for Halloween, dressed up in one of my cheerleading uniforms, granted he had to wear sweats under it because it wouldn’t zip LOL. He isn’t a cross-dresser. He did it for the laughs. I teach pre-k and when the numbers are low during the summer I will sometimes be in the school aged room. We have a dress up area and both boys and girls dress in all different type of clothing when they are playing. Should we tell Suzie that she can’t dress up as a firefighter? Most would say no. Then why should we tell Timmy that he can’t dress up in the apron and cook? Heck in college one of the sororities hosted a “womenless beauty pageant.” I have pictures of my now husband dolled up and in a prom dress tripping trying to walk in heels. It was hilarious seeing all of the manly fraternity men trying to be girls. I can assure you that my husband has no problem with his sexuality. Plus, it was for a good cause, the proceeds went to the sorority’s philanthropy.

 

[Et_Cetera]

We had a “Reds vs. Dreads” day during homecoming one year and you dressed up like a redneck or a hippy. Is that pushing a political agenda? No, not at all. Just a fun day at school.

Ahaha, very funny! We had a male teacher dress as a French maid at my Catholic high school. It was hilarious.

 

[Sonic]

Children recognize gender differences as early as two years of age, and perhaps even before. Cross-dressing, however, does not equate to homosexuality necessarily: the majority of cross-dressers are in fact heterosexuals who receive some kind of erotic stimulation from wearing the clothes of the opposite sex. Further, one should not confuse cross-dressing with transgender: cross-dressers, as a rule, do not desire to change their gender. It is not an issue of gender identity but rather a fetish. Having said that, it is still regarded as a psychological disorder since it can often get out of hand. I don’t see why children should be encouraged to cross-dress if they have no desire to do so in the first place. We should teach tolerance, respect, and love of all people, but this is not the way to do it.

You are partially correct. Cross-dressing and the paraphilia known as fetish transvestism are separate terms (unless you live in Europe and the word transvestism is used to mean cross-dressing and the fetish must be distinguished). The difference is that transvestism is a sub-category of cross-dressing. Not all cross-dressers are fetish transvestites, but all transvestites are cross-dressers. For non-fetish cross-dressers, the motivation is not about becoming sexually aroused.

 

[meltzerboy]

You are partially correct. Cross-dressing and the paraphilia known as fetish transvestism are separate terms (unless you live in Europe and the word transvestism is used to mean cross-dressing and the fetish must be distinguished). The difference is that transvestism is a sub-category of cross-dressing. Not all cross-dressers are fetish transvestites, but all transvestites are cross-dressers. For non-fetish cross-dressers, the motivation is not about becoming sexually aroused.

Most cross-dressers report the sexual arousal of fetishistic transvestism as the primary motivation for their cross-dressing, which may be achieved by means of partial cross-dressing. However, there may also be other or multiple motivations, such as relieving oneself of the perceived demands of one’s gender, particularly in male-to-female cross-dressers. Gender identity disorder (GID) is usually not linked to this behavior.

 

[Fairwinds]

its not even Halloween.

 

[Sonic]

Most cross-dressers report the sexual arousal of fetishistic transvestism as the primary motivation for their cross-dressing, which may be achieved by means of partial cross-dressing. However, there may also be other or multiple motivations, such as relieving oneself of the perceived demands of one’s gender, particularly in male-to-female cross-dressers. Gender identity disorder (GID) is usually not linked to this behavior.

It is correct that many experience sexual arousal, but not always the sexual arousal associated with fetishistic transvestism (since the fetish is used to achieve a desired orgasm). But, as you well know… sexual arousal is not always motivated by the desire to achieve orgasm. It is very often involuntary and associated with other emotions like fear and anxiety. Many times the fetishistic transvestism can develop after cross-dressing has been practiced by an individual (sometimes cross-dressing accompanies another developed fetish). Once again, it depends on the individual, and as you mentioned there are often a spectrum of motivations and behaviors. Motivations for sexual arousal, on a sexual fetish level, are not found in children who have developed the habit of cross-dressing. Cross-dressing can often develop in an individual before the age of puberty, which can make it very hard to connect the genesis of the behavior with a fetish motivation.

 

[Lochias]

Awwwwwwwww. That sounds so adorable and so fun for the kids! They are so young, it’s hardly a gender thing to them.

Too bad those prude parents are making it one.

Nope, no agenda here, nothing to see, move right along…

Your words are the clear product of a “religion” that is mired in spineless, worthless relativism.

 

[scipio337]

It seems the administration made it a gender thing, and then retreated. Disliking cross dressing in school aged children hardly seems prudish.

But it is prudish, especially in the Progressive World of Next Tuesday™.

Much of the progressive agenda — on marriage, immigration, and much else — involves not winning the argument but ruling any debate out of bounds.

If you don’t want your children supporting “diversity”, there is no valid counter-argument, you’re just a prude!

 

[Razanir]

Again, I think it depends on the context if it’s pushing an agenda and if it’s prudish to dislike it.

If this was started by the administration to “embrace diversity,” then yes, it’s an agenda. On the other hand, if it was started by the student council (which it was), probably as a themed dress-up day, then there’s no agenda. It’s just kids having fun. It’s no worse than a boy wearing his sister’s cheerleading uniform for Halloween. Or in a less debatable example, it pushes an agenda just as much as Cowboys and Indians Day would, or Dress Like a Pirate Day, or Wear Your Clothes Backwards Day… In this context (being started by a student council), it seems to be just another dress-up day like Pirates, or Hippies, or [Insert Color Here]

 

[fix]

Awwwwwwwww. That sounds so adorable and so fun for the kids! They are so young, it’s hardly a gender thing to them.

Too bad those prude parents are making it one.

Everyone is a prude to those who are unprincipled.

 

[mexolic]

Who decides on these absurd cross-dressing days anyways? The parents of these children should demand who’s behind all this. What else are these children being conditioned to accept?

 

[KendraDZ1902]

Who decides on these absurd cross-dressing days anyways? The parents of these children should demand who’s behind all this. What else are these children being conditioned to accept?

The students came up with the idea.

 

[Razanir]

Who decides on these absurd cross-dressing days anyways? The parents of these children should demand who’s behind all this. What else are these children being conditioned to accept?

At least when my high school would do it? The seniors. For Spirit Week, we always had a separate list of theme days from the rest of the school. Cross-Dress Day was a staple.

 

[JimG]

Elementary schools have student councils? Bad idea to begin with.

 

[KendraDZ1902]

Elementary schools have student councils? Bad idea to begin with.

Yes, they do. I was a classroom representative a couple of years when I was in elementary school. I think at my school only 4-6 grades could run for the offices. I remember voting on the different games we played at field day and school shirts.After the harvest festivals and such we would be the ones to help clean up. I don’t remember having different dress days at my elementary school. That was for middle and high school. Dress days for middle and high school was voted on by the Student Government Association. Most of the kids who were involved in the student council went on to be involved with Student Government Association.
I’m all for children to have extracurricular activities. Elementary aged kids aren’t incompetent.
Why do you think it is a bad idea?

 

[CaptFun]

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The school is called Tippecanoe! What’s in a name?

Who decided to “float” this idea? I’m relieved to find it’s not a Catholic Grade School.
So far we Catholics seem to have kept cross-dressing to the University Level (if USD is the only indication of that).

nationalreview.com/346761/catholic-university-hosts-drag-show :sad_yes:

 

[Razanir]

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The school is called Tippecanoe! What’s in a name?

Meh. I first think of the Curse of Tippecanoe. Not the similarly pronounced phrase “Tip a canoe”

 

[JimG]

Yes, they do. I was a classroom representative a couple of years when I was in elementary school. I think at my school only 4-6 grades could run for the offices. I remember voting on the different games we played at field day and school shirts.After the harvest festivals and such we would be the ones to help clean up. I don’t remember having different dress days at my elementary school. That was for middle and high school. Dress days for middle and high school was voted on by the Student Government Association. Most of the kids who were involved in the student council went on to be involved with Student Government Association.
I’m all for children to have extracurricular activities. Elementary aged kids aren’t incompetent.
Why do you think it is a bad idea?

I guess I just think it’s not a good idea for the kids to run the school. But times have changed. In my day if someone had suggested that the boys come to school dressed as girls we would have thought it was a joke and not even given it any thought.