Just look at this story of a lesbian couple who forces their son to wear girl’s clothes and not be so ‘masculine’. They are denying him his right to be a man.

“It’s really funny, because he’s like super into sports,” Michelle said. “Maybe he was like an Olympic athlete in his past life. He like, came with all of these sporting talents that are like visible at 17 months. That’s what Dashiell liked growing up. She easily relates to him on that level.

“I’m constantly like trying to queer my relationship with him and get him to wear tutus. He hates it. He’s just like, ‘no,’” Michelle said.

Gender-neutral parents still do force their own ideas onto a child.

I think by letting your son go without any idea of how to be a man he actually faces being bullied or not being able to deal with rejection and failure.

Equality groups set up by pupils in some schools in the US and UK are pushing for teachers to use non-gendered pronouns such as ‘they’, for all sports to be open to everyone, and for a ban on words and phrases such as ‘ladylike’ and ‘man up’. Really? What happens to chauvinism? I still want my son to address a woman with respect and open a door for her or carry the heavy bags. If we continue to push the gender neutral card then women can forget about any of that. And what is so offensive about ‘he or she’? I don’t want to be a ‘they’. I definitely do not want my son to come home one day and tell me he likes a ‘they’. I want him to discover things for himself. I want him to look for a role model and aspire to be someone. I don’t want him to feel ashamed if he chooses to be a tough guy like Vin Diesel or a wise crack like Chris Rock or an eccentric like Johnny Depp.

Why are sentiments such as "be a man" or "man up" wrong?

The Highgate School in the UK plans to bring in uniform rules allowing boys to wear skirts. The school is set to make the change as pupils are 'questioning their gender identity'. Children are already allowed to request that staff address them by a name of the opposite gender.

Gender neutral parenting has nothing to do with fairness or equality. Instead it highlights that any evidence of difference is a form of prejudice and gender neutral activists cannot handle 'different'.

It is all these gender fluid/neutral activists who have made it a frontline issue. And we as a society face losing our sons to this dangerous ideal. I am the mothering type and I do notice the effect it has on my son compared to when he is with his father or a group of boys.

If people want to identify with either gender, no one should stop them. And why be embarrassed or scared to allow your son to be a man?

Wouldn't the proper "gender-less" thing be to outlaw dresses for both son and daughter? What about a ban on action figures and dolls? And tea sets and toy guns?

A couple in the UK raised their child for five years not letting anyone know the gender. According to the couple they wanted the child to decide.

They referred to their child as "The Infant" and only allowed him to play with "gender-neutral toys" in their television-free home.



For the first five years of his life Sasha alternated between girls' and boys' outfits. Finally the secret got too hard to keep and Beck and Kieran were forced to reveal Sasha's sex when he started school.

Sasha wears a "ruched-sleeved" girl's shirt as part of his school uniform, and has been banned from sporting combat trousers. Why ban him from wanting to wear something that could be perceived as masculine?

The youngster is also encouraged to wear flowery tops at weekends.

This to me sounds like the parents are influencing which direction this little boy goes. They obviously want a girl.

If your child is old enough to understand gender norms and he/she makes an informed decision to resist these, because of what you taught your child, well done to all involved.

But if your child is clueless of what society deems as gender normal behavior, makes a decision out of ignorance and has a hard time being accepted by his/her peers or dealing with the internal battle of where he/she fits in, you as the parent must be ready to accept responsibility. You failed to protect, and educate, your child properly.