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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clearly I am in the minority here, but why cant you just say no? [/quote]

No.  You are not. I just posted. Some of the moms I've known from preschool and the parks that let their sons do this are very proud of themselves and I really think it is more about them feeling 'oh-so cool and liberal' to be seen as the mom that lets their boys do this stuff (really she was doing it for them because tehy were too small to do it themselves).

Parents say 'no' to all kinds of silly requests...or at least one time in history they did.[/quote]

100% accurate. This is mothers virtue signaling to each other.

I have two boys and they have never once asked for this. If they did, I would say "makeup is more of a girl thing" and move on, with the same neutrality as I would say "sit on your bottom at the dinner table" or "you can't wear jammies to school."

Personally I take the responsibility of raising good men seriously, and as a woman, I am not at all attracted to feminine men. Why would I allow or push my boys into feminine things? I know they wouldn't be made fun of in the DC area with all of you libs -- rather, he would get praised -- but in other places, it is seen as a strange thing, because it is.

Go ahead, crucify me! See if I care. [/quote]

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