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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pan/Omni is about sexual orientation. This generation of kids is in a much safer space to express where on that scale they fall then we were. My 12 year old is a Lesbian and it is no phase. To say that 12 yr olds don't know what they are attracted to is just wrong. I knew well before 12 that I was attracted to males. Why would it be any different for someone attracted to their same gender or any gender?

As for the gendered expectations comments. Yes women have less gendered expectations but don't ignore that they are still very there. Have you read any thread on here about what makes a woman attractive or how to get a guy? And boys have that even worse.  We still have a lot of work to do on this front as a society.

Just be open, accepting and listen.

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+1. I wonder if people who think it's weird for 12 year olds to know who they're attracted to remember what their childhoods were like? Maybe they were just later developers. I knew I was attracted to women by fifth grade. These aren't unusual times to have developed an idea of who you're in to.[/quote]

Seriously, I was on the later side to be interested in gender/sex/romance, but I remember 4th graders making out and 7th graders having sex. I was aware of sexism/sexual harassment/double standards, but we basically had to just put up with it and try to protect ourselves the best we could. I was aware of gender and sexuality, but knew it wasn't something I could expect to safely talk about and just kept telling myself my feeling were probably "just a phase" like Ann Landers said. Honestly, I just don't get what people are so worried about. What I see is so much less bullying of kids who aren't "all girl" or "all boy" and a lot of thinking about ideas and identities. [/quote]

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