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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"[b]Gender non-conforming" is just a new word to describe what people have been doing forever. [/b]

When I was in high school, there were boys who wore makeup and girls who shaved their heads and wore combat boots. There wasn't really a term for it. Eventually, they mostly went back to a traditional gender appearance. I think only a relatively small percentage will keep it up once they are past their teens/early twenties.

In my opinion, it's mostly harmless experimentation as long as they don't hassle others about it.[/quote]

Not really.  When I was in high school there were tomboys, but not girls who went out of their way to look like men.  And in any event, no one was claiming to be some sort of third gender. [/quote]

A "tomboy" IS someone who is gender-nonconforming. When I was in high school, Boy George, Prince, David Bowie-- all gender nonconforming and hugely popular. It's not a new idea by any means. It's just the particular phrase that's new.

And it's also no big deal. This is what kids do.

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I agree, it is no big deal. It is what kids do. But when they are your kids you worry they won't be happy or fulfilled or accepted. We parents just need to chill sometimes.[/quote]

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