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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know he’s getting this stuff online, right. Ask him to show you where he finds his “facts” and then talk to him about it. [/quote]

This.   My son is getting the same messages and he's also getting a lot of racist messages online.   He was not raised this way.  In fact, our household roles as parents are mostly reversed from the stereotypes.  My husband cooks dinner.  I fix things like plumbing, cars, wiring.    Thankfully my son talks to me about it and I can try to steer him in a better direction.   We support equal rights for all, both in law and in application.  And I explain how application is the trickier part.

A lot of what he's hearing is that women won't date him unless he has a lot of money, and women are gold diggers, etc.   [/quote]

Oh, and a great place to start is the fact that white male christian land owners were the people who originally had all the rights in this country, and everyone else had to fight tooth and nail to even get close.  Stuff like marriage equity doesn't mean gay people get "more" rights, which is what my son believes.  But they finally get equal rights.  It doesn't diminish the value of a heterosexual marriage in any way.  He can go straight marry whomever he pleases and live happily ever after.   But there is no logical reason to deny this human right to gay people.

Women couldn't buy a house on their own.  My mother couldn't.   I tell him about that.    I ask him how he'd feel if Dad lost his job and it depended on me to keep a roof over our heads.  Would it be fair if I couldn't get a lease or a mortgage?

Women couldn't get credit cards in their own name.   Again, my mother couldn't.  I remember when she was close to tears using her own card at the grocery store for the first time.   I ask him how he'd feel if I didn't buy him fun stuff every once in awhile because I didn't have access to credit?    Put it in terms they understand.

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