Comments on: The Moral Panic of BPA and the Feminized ‘Boy’ http://impossibletospell.com/2008/05/the-moral-panic-of-bpa-and-the-feminized-boy/ Confessions of a Radical Scientist Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:24:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Emily http://impossibletospell.com/2008/05/the-moral-panic-of-bpa-and-the-feminized-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Emily Sun, 18 May 2008 17:20:05 +0000 http://impossibletospell.com/?p=11#comment-7 reading about the misplaced priorities posited by the original article in question (that feminization is worse than cancer or other health risks), I have to ask, hypothetically. if there were a plastic that caused children to become even more masculine, would the result be ANY bit similar to this? i can only imagine parents purposely giving such a thing to their children (despite the risks) to make them bigger, stronger, and tougher. even girls, if you can imagine it. (it's okay for girls to engage in boys' sports, wear boys' clothes, and have boys' toys, so it must be okay for them to have their muscles, too, right?) no, the only crime this guy can think of is that of being a woman. reading about the misplaced priorities posited by the original article in question (that feminization is worse than cancer or other health risks), I have to ask, hypothetically.

if there were a plastic that caused children to become even more masculine, would the result be ANY bit similar to this?

i can only imagine parents purposely giving such a thing to their children (despite the risks) to make them bigger, stronger, and tougher. even girls, if you can imagine it. (it’s okay for girls to engage in boys’ sports, wear boys’ clothes, and have boys’ toys, so it must be okay for them to have their muscles, too, right?)

no, the only crime this guy can think of is that of being a woman.

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