to think there's nothing wrong with a Princess picture in my son's room?

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I work at our local movie theater (cinema don'tya know ) and my (2.5 yr old) DS attended his first movie there the other day. It happened to be The Princess and the Frog, which he totally loved. When the movie left, I kept the poster to bring home and frame. (He's got a Toy Story one and another from Up that I've framed and hung in his play room.) Someone asked me what I was going to do with it and after I explained thought it was very that I would give my son a "girl" movie poster. For crying out loud, no one would think anything of a Toy Story poster in a girl's room would they? Are we worrying about the masculinity of our toddlers now?!

SOme people are basically sexist fuckwits. It is sexism to be obsesed with the gender-appropriate things for DC - if you didn't inherently think that one gender was inferior, you wouldn't mind. Laugh at the person's stupidity and ignore.

Solidgold spot on.

LOL! Sorry but the ridiculousness (is that word??) of this made me chuckle!!

Not you, but the idiotic imbecile that actually came out with such a stoopid load of tripe!

Ignore and humour the sad person!

YANBU.

My DS (2) loves dolls and is often pinching his sisters. For christmas I have bought him one of his own.

YANBU - tell your dh its a poster fgs Tell me more about the film - is it good?
I'm planning on taking dd1 in February when it comes out here she is disney princess mad.

Solidgold put it so much better than I could, i am in full agreement

Honestly, what do people think is going to happen if you put a poster of a princess in a 2 year old's room? Will they grow up to be a princess? I think not. My DS loves dressing up in his sister's fancy dress stuff (nearly 3) and is he any less of a boy because of it? Nope.

Put it on his wall and let him enjoy it.

at that age, ds loved nothing more than prancing around in a tutu.

Your someone is very daft indeed.

Am v of you having access to movie posters though. I used to have loads of them thanks to nice manager at my local flicks when I was young. Am having a nostalgic moment.

DS3 is 5 1/2 and dressed up as a princess yesterday to play with his 3 yo sister! they were lovely!

DD4 often pinches his sonic screwdriver and Daleks in return!

SGB totally right.

And I now feel even more angry about gender-specific toys etc. having read her very sensible explanation.

My dgs 3.3 is terrified of dinosaurs and I was asked if I thought he was gay!!!!!!!

PMSL at pranma...yes, terror of huge toothy carnivorous beasts automatically makes one gay. (eye roll) No, scrappy, it was not my DH who said this, it was the manager at the theater. DH couldn't care less about the poster, in fact he was excited b/c he and DS enjoyed the film so much. I really liked it too, it was funny and sweet and the music was great. And the princess was spunky, my favorite kind!

Let me know if there's any particular poster that you want, edam, I'll mail it to you in a gesture of international goodwill! I can give them to anyone I want, just can't sell them.

I've also bought my 2 year old DS a doll for xmas, its the only thing he asked for. I have been told by 3 seperate people how inappropriate that is.

Tossers.

Pranma!

It makes my blood boil.

My son loved singing, dancing, dressing up, pink, chatting, giggling, girls for friends ..... and is indeed gay. He's adorable and of course i worry about him - but i worry about the straight son too.

They are what they are!

My DS got a doll and pushchair for Xmas when he was 2 as he had been playing so enthusiatically with the dolls and buggies at playgroup. My dad was a bit appalled but I told him to get over himself.
DS has also expressed wishes to be a girl and dressed up in princess outfits. He is also obsesed with trains, tube trains, buses, cars etc - and his own willy so I have got over any fears of gender dysmorpia and will let him do whatever he wants.

Ds made a crown at nursery the other day.

"Oh you're a king" says I. "No, I'm a princess" replies ds. And one of the other mothers sniggered.

Some people need to get. a. grip.