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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know, I understand OPs point.  Identifying as gay/bi seems to be pretty common for girls in middle school.[b]  They pressure each other to declare how they identify.  You must pick. [/b]I remember having girl crushes in upper el and early middle school.  I’m not bi. In middle school, girls start taking care of their appearance and hygiene, care about their clothes, and are just further through puberty.  Middle school boys on the other hand, often smell like BO, are short and prepubescent, and socially immature.  It’s a no brainer that these boys are not especially appealing to their same age girl classmates.  But that didn’t used to mean you were bi/gay if you are into boys at 11. [b]Now girls are made to think they are unless they feel very strongly otherwise.  [/b]

I don’t think this is benign either (declaring very young).  It can leave girls in uncomfortable situations during sleepovers or even when hanging out in bedrooms he such.  Sexual exploration when you are too young and/or with the same gender if that ultimately isn’t where you identify can be confusing and emotionally damaging. [/quote]

Maybe that is happening for your tweens/teens in their circle but that is not universally true at all.

From what I’ve observed from my kids, most don’t care much about identity/sexuality. It just is what is is and it’s all very fluid. If they want to talk about it, fine, but it’s not a big deal if they don’t. Many aren’t into boys or girls at all.

The kids are fine. It’s the adults who are having trouble with all of it. 
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