Dragphobia on the rise...

[Cow Poke]

The sentiments being expressed are not unknown among the Right [and Christian Right]. Gay men = paedophiles.

Note a marked reluctance to acknowledge that heterosexual men also abuse pre-pubescent minors!

The attitude seeming to be that such men are not really heterosexual because real heterosexual men [in the minds of some] are incapable of abusing pre-pubescent minors - presumably because it challenges their notions of their own male sexuality!

You just prove over and over and over what a dingbat you are. WHO is making such claims? Not just a dingbat, but an incredibly dishonest one.

[Cow Poke]

And who here has ever claimed that heterosexual men are incapable of pedophilia? The point is that by all accounts, homosexuals are significantly more likely than heterosexuals to be pedophiles.

Which is why we had that whole thread on the union between the Gay (back then) coalition and NAMBLA. And we has posters actually defending NAMBLA as "age of consent" warriors, not pedophiles.

[Cow Poke]

The sentiments being expressed are not unknown among the Right [and Christian Right]. Gay men = paedophiles.....

Says the little pervert who was endlessly defending gay pride participants simulating sex acts in public, and one in particular exposing his privates to small children.

[rogue06]

And who here has ever claimed that heterosexual men are incapable of pedophilia? The point is that by all accounts, homosexuals are significantly more likely than heterosexuals to be pedophiles.

That depends on the methodology employed to make the determination.

If you go by sheer numbers, straight men are much more likely to be a pedophile. But that's because straight men vastly outnumber gay men by nearly 20-to-1.

So, all things being even, men sexually using boys should only be about 5% of the cases of the men sexually abusing children.

[Mountain Man]

That depends on the methodology employed to make the determination.

If you go by sheer numbers, straight men are much more likely to be a pedophile. But that's because straight men vastly outnumber gay men by nearly 20-to-1.

So, all things being even, men sexually using boys should only be about 5% of the cases of the men sexually abusing children.

Straight numbers never tell the whole story. The fact is, a disproportionate number of crimes against children are committed by homosexuals (which is to say those who are attracted to members of the same sex, regardless of how they might describe their own sexual orientation).

[rogue06]

Straight numbers never tell the whole story. The fact is, a disproportionate number of crimes against children are committed by homosexuals (which is to say those who are attracted to members of the same sex, regardless of how they might describe their own sexual orientation).

I see what you did there.

[Mountain Man]

I see what you did there.

It was unintentional, and I did notice it before submitting the post, but I thought it amusing enough to leave as is.

[seer]

They are clearly after our children:

Drag pedagogy: The playful practice of queer imagination in early childhood

Abstract

In recent years, a programme for young children called Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) has risen to simultaneous popularity and controversy. This article, written collaboratively by an education scholar and a drag queen involved in organizing DQSH, contextualizes the programme within the landscape of gender in education as well as within the world of drag, and argues that Drag Queen Story Hour provides a generative extension of queer pedagogy into the world of early childhood education

In this article, we explore the pedagogical contributions of a programme called Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) as a form of queer imagining in an early childhood context. Through this programme, drag artists have channelled their penchant for playfully “‘reading’ each other to filth”¹ into different forms of literacy, promoting storytelling as integral to queer and trans communities, as well as positioning queer and trans cultural forms as valuable components of early childhood education

It may be that DQSH is “family friendly,” in the sense that it is accessible and inviting to families with children, but it is less a sanitizing force than it is a preparatory introduction to alternate modes of kinship. Here, DQSH is “family friendly” in the sense of “family” as an old-school queer code to identify and connect with other queers on the street.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full...4.2020.1864621

[Cow Poke]

It was unintentional, and I did notice it before submitting the post, but I thought it amusing enough to leave as is.

I must be tired, I read that TWICE as "it was unconstitutional". I need a nap.

[Starlight]

They are clearly after our children

When you say they are 'after' the children, what do you mean by that?

[seer]

When you say they are 'after' the children, what do you mean by that?

Read the link...

It may be that DQSH is “family friendly,” in the sense that it is accessible and inviting to families with children, but it is less a sanitizing force than it is a preparatory introduction to alternate modes of kinship. Here, DQSH is “family friendly” in the sense of “family” as an old-school queer code to identify and connect with other queers on the street.

[Starlight]

It may be that DQSH is “family friendly,” in the sense that it is accessible and inviting to families with children, but it is less a sanitizing force than it is a preparatory introduction to alternate modes of kinship. Here, DQSH is “family friendly” in the sense of “family” as an old-school queer code to identify and connect with other queers on the street.

I can't say I really understand what the paper is trying to say in those sentences.

[Cow Poke]

I can't say I really understand what the paper is trying to say in those sentences.

Perhaps you could explain why you think a "drag queen" would want to be around children doing "story hour". What would be the motive for that?

[Starlight]

Perhaps you could explain why you think a "drag queen" would want to be around children doing "story hour". What would be the motive for that?

I personally dislike reading books to kids and only do it when I'm dragged into it. But lots of people do enjoy things like that, and aspire to become childcare workers and kindergarten workers. They enjoy spending time around young kids and educating them. Good for them. Someone needs to do it, and I'm glad it's not me having to.

Some subset of those people are also going to be people who happen to enjoy dressing up in drag as one of their hobbies. Kids usually enjoy costumes (except sometimes clowns are scary), and almost always seem to enjoy books being read to them, so I imagine they find this entertaining.

[rogue06]

Perhaps you could explain why you think a "drag queen" would want to be around children doing "story hour". What would be the motive for that?

How has doing things like twerking in front of small children and having them stuff money into a thong or underwear become anyone's right? That if prevented or even criticized constitutes hateful speech designed to inflict harm upon them (or the new favorite, place their lives at risk)?