Some gay men think pride marches make men look like paedos?
I didn’t say that did I. That was a view of some of the political portents to legalisation of homosexuality and subsequently gay marriage. It helps if you know the history of what you’re talking about.
Nobody's 'shrugging their shoulders' about potential child abuse.
Theresa’s quite a lot of metaphorical shrugging, hand waving and denial in this thread. Did you miss those posts?
But OP said the cartoon contained people touching their breasts (it didn't) and that someone was wearing a low cut top?!
So. The Comtesse, who is rather pro the fetishists, is quite clear that the image OP is concerned with shows that it is an adult event. The event itself has advertised that it’s family friendly. There is clearly a conflicting message here.
The mixed messages will end with children being exposed to adult sexual fetish gear or behaviour. Can we agree that that is not ok?
I am just suggesting that Pride events make their choice. They either welcome the furries and fetishists, or are family friendly. They can’t do both. OPs concerns are very well demonstrated with the level of denial and gaslighting on this thread.
From the Comtesses post:
For any parents thinking of attending, I think the cartoon picture is a pretty good representation of who is being encouraged to attend: adults, some of whom are likely to be partially clothed or in costume. There are no families or children in the cartoon, there’s nothing about the picture which says “this is an event for children.”