(01-07-2023, 01:56 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(01-07-2023, 01:37 PM)WingerDinger Wrote: I'm going to apologize to Drifter ahead of my statement, because I like Drifter and he's never done anything wrong..

But I will say, if I see a man in a dress, I automatically think "mental illness".  

When is the last time you hung out with a guy in a dress, Marty?

And if you haven't hung out with a guy in a dress, why not?

Because you think the same thing the majority of straight heterosexual people thinks who sees a man in a dress.

Mental illness.. Now that may not be the case for all, but they're still looked upon that way by society. 

And if you deem them mentally ill, do you want to be around, hang out or expose your kids to their lifestyle?

No, you don't.

If I see a straight man in a dress, I would think maybe he has this unusual compulsion, perhaps bordering on mental illness.  It's someone doing something he could avoid doing, and which can cause harm to himself.  It's definitely not normal.  I would wonder what's going on in his head that would cause him to want to do such a strange thing.  Sort of like if a guy wanted to shave off his eyebrows.  Weird.  

On the other hand, if I see a gay guy in a dress, I think, there's a gay guy trying to "gay it up," so to speak.  It's a gay thing.  Some of them want to do that.  I don't care.  

As far as "exposing my kids to their lifestyle," that's a parental decision.  I would probably explain my feelings about it to my child.  But I don't think a normal boy would ever want to wear a dress, no matter how many cross-dressers he encountered.  Exposing your kids to weird people isn't going to make them want to be weird.  

When's the last time I hung out with a guy in a dress?  Never.  I did put on a dress one time, many years ago, as a joke at an office I worked at.  I think someone dared me to do it.  It was Halloween.  The office girls found a dress that fit me, and some low heels, and a wig, and I put them on and walked around the office.  

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(01-07-2023, 01:55 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Yeah, that sentence was a little clumsy. In essence, does it make any difference to you if the creation of laws banning sexualized performances, by anyone, are motivated by the rise in performances by trans persons?

No.  The motivation to write the law doesn't matter, as long as the law applies to everyone equally.  For example, civil rights laws were motivated by white people discriminating.  But those civil rights laws should apply equally to everyone.

I really don't understand what you're trying to do here. The law should be that children are not permitted at Drag Shows and those who bring them Drag Shows are commiting a crime. The Drag Show is the issue because it's sexual exploitation of the child for the child to be present. That law should apply equally across all Drag Shows the same as we have a law that applies to strip clubs. This shouldn't even be controversial but you really are going to the mat for this one for some reason.

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