He has no specialty in addiction recovery He is leading this man into the path of failure If more people would actually do some research they would be surprised what they find.Thats because I think Dr.Phil often dishes some very bad advice.Recently, he told the mother of a young boy who likes Barbie that her son could be put back on the straight and narrow.
Because who wouldnt want a straight son like Dr. Phil, whose marital woes fill the gossip blogs and whose sense of style begs for queer intervention. Dr. Phil tells her not to panic She can avoid having a gay son if she acts now: This is not a precursor to your son being gay. You dont want to do things that seem to support the confusion at this stage of the game. I realize Dr. Phil is a psychologist for the masses and therefore has to uphold the dominant point of view about things like gender rigidity and thinking gay is a bad outcome for our sons. ![]() Phil, not only would I dress better, but I would have answered it more like this. Because of this binary gender, we also assume that there can only be two sexual identities: attraction to the same gender or its opposite. Not only do we assume this to be true, but consumer capitalism exploits it by convincing us that everything from tee shirts to toys, diapers to dog toys have a gender. And there are so many varieties of gender expression that they cannot be counted. A person in a male body can grow up to love Barbie dolls and dresses as well as logging trees in his Carhartts and Timberland boots. Gender expression doesnt have to be something we choose once and for all. Allow him to grow into a fully realized human being not a particular gender or a sexuality. Unfortunately, a number of people will be unable to take your advice. There is nothing, and I mean nothing in this world that people are more hung up about than sex. Nothing. Some people might suggest religion or money instead. But my 59 years of observation have told me that sex is the hangup winner by far. Im female, and male jeans dont stay up without a belt cinched around my waist. If thats the look youre going for, fine, but jeans are made to fit different types of hips, and I love my hips. It takes a certain level of ignorance for people to even listen to him. It is really unfortunate that sound, rational advice, as you have given in this case, is always ignored and the tabloid aspiring sound bites are sucked up by the gullible. He was amazingly talented and had so much enthusiasm ( I mean, like Billy Elliot waiting to break free ). I asked his mom how long hed been dancing and she said, He doesnt take lessons. Hes in soccer and Im trying to at least convince his dad to let him try gymnastics but he wont even hear of that. Heartbreaking. I told her that he was so truly gifted that she really needed to fight to get him into formal training.
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