2022-08-07
"Drag Queen Story Hour is a Cultural Shift ... "
It certainly is. But is it more than that?
Confusion reigns here - are we talking drag or are we talking LBGTQ+, or something else entirely?
It is true that parental judgement is paramount here - if no parents let their children attend, what then?
But there are serious questions about the appropriateness of inviting pre-pubescent children and immature teenagers to view non-mainstream (yes, most kids do still grow up to be heterosexual) sexualized "entertainment" (or should that read "propaganda"?).
The idea of exposing immature kids to LGBTQ+ ideas in combination with men pretending to be sexually-charged women strikes me as a surefire recipe for sowing confusion.
Some might consider that getting kids used to getting up close and personal with a man in a sexual context is not that far removed from child grooming.
Coupled with the modern state tendency to mandate sexualized education for pre-pubescent kids in school (under the convenient "relationships" catch-all) which has been so well communicated to parents that many are still clueless about what is being taught to their immature offspring, one may be forgiven for worrying about an undeclared / inadvertent agenda that is likely to confuse and/or corrupt our kids' morals.
Society has long lived without Drag Queen Story Hours and it's far from obvious that the benefits might outweigh the downsides.
And what part of the function of libraries is served by holding them there?
What to do? The primary responsibility for our kids still rests with their parents.
Make of this video what you will, but at least it's an attempt to take a look at the origin of these events and to inform about them.
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