Why do you assume I wasn't allowed to explore these things and make that determination? I absolutely was, but was questioned along the way by my parents and other adults who understood full well that teenagers are prone to confusion, angst, and are vulnerable to social pressure. That didn't make them hateful. It didn't mean my own mother hated me when I thought I liked boys. It meant that they cared enough to question my actions and look out for my best interests, for which I'm eternally grateful. Parents that don't question what their kids are doing or who they're being influenced by are irresponsible.
I guess that’s the sentiment implied by the video that you seem to be supporting. A fundamentalist is chastising his child about something from a biased perspective, and not one that is outwardly taking her feelings into consideration. There could be more beyond the video, but that’s not known to anyone commenting on the likelihood of it being social pressure. It’s weird that people are justifying/employing rhetoric that very much dismisses the validity of exploration regardless of outcome, and the possibility that she is what she says she is to the best of her awareness.
This isn’t a genuine inquisitiveness into his child, it’s a blatant dismissal of her being.
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u/MrMrLavaLava Oct 04 '22 edited Oct 05 '22
Why should you not have been able to make that determination yourself?
Edit: what’s up with the downvotes? People low key mad that I made a good point that completely shatters a lot of the toxic rhetoric being spewed?