@bob_the_fisherman Said
Ok... based on this response I think you may be misunderstanding what I am saying.
I am not saying children can't have a crush or feel affection or anything like that. What I am saying is that a normal, healthy child is not thinking about other people in a sexual way (specifically in the sense of wanting to engage in sexual behaviour).
I'll put it this way: As a teacher if I encounter sexual behaviour in a young child I am mandated by Australian law to report it because it is a sign of sexual abuse. A normal, healthy child may mimic mummy's and daddy's and doctors and nurses and take an interest in the different bits that the other gender has, but none of it is sexual. If it
is sexual, then it is also evidence of abuse.
And I’m saying being part of the lgbtq+ community is more than engaging in sexual behavior. You seem to have lumped only in to f***ing and it is not. Therefore anything we say is just about wanting to f*** someone, and therefor a lie.
I understand *what* you are saying, I don’t agree with the basic premise. You exclude crushes, *who* you have a crush on is exact what makes you lgbtq. Further action on persueing that crush is irrelevant.
There are feelings involved those need to be talked about, not the mechanics of the sex part - until that becomes an age appropriate conversation.
Completely ignoring a child’s feelings about their core identity and basically telling them they are wrong, f***s them up mentality. Some people overcome that that easily, others do not. The same way we as humans are all different and some overcome any great struggle almost easily, and others do not. That process is complicated.