• TheDoozer@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Well, they sure as hell aren’t when they’re reading to kids at the library, so how about we “compromise” by not letting children into the 18+ venues when they are sexual?

    • Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Reading to kids and not conforming to conservatism’s prescribed roles is what scares reactionaries.

      They very much want to stop them both.

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        5 months ago

        I have honestly never seen drag queens in a sexual context. To me they just seem like people (not even specifically like women, and definitely not sexualised versions of them) who had a little too much fun with makeup. I don’t find it appealing either, but I don’t care because they’re free to do as they please and it doesn’t bother me in any way. If you see anything sexual in their appearance, that’s your problem. Some might see something sexual in spaghetti/tank tops or bikinis, but who cares, especially children usually don’t even think of that.

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        5 months ago

        Because if you had it your way, we would never teach them anything about sex, ever. And that’s how you groom kids up to be molested by the clergy and close relatives.

        “Children will never get burned if we make it illegal to teach them about fire!” -cablemonster and friends.