Reprimanded for playing with the doll, little Giovanni, just six years old, replies: "I am the father, not the mother"
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousAt the age of six, little Giovanni teaches a good lesson to an elderly gentleman who, seeing him play with a doll, had expired in the most classic of phrases: 'You're a boy, you should play with toy soldiers'.
Little Giovanni kisses and hugs his baby doll in the park. He cradles him on the stroller, picks him up, plays. But here at a certain point an elderly man approaches him who glosses: “But do you play with dolls? You're a boy you should play with toy soldiers ", but here, in the most classic of clichés, comes the child's answer: “But I'm the dad, not the mom. He is my son and his name is Mario ”. Simply by Oscar.
The episode was reported on the Facebook page 'Driving without a license' created by a parent, Daniele Marzano, on the front line against gender discrimination.
"I can already imagine one of the men of the older generation who grew up with the idea that being moved, washing the dishes, taking care of the house but above all taking care of their children, changing their diapers makes the man less virile and less of a man", yes law.
Little Giovanni has all our admiration, but the episode cannot fail to make us reflect on how far there is still to go to change a mentality, which unfortunately is not found only in people of a certain age.
Giovanni is 6 years old and is playing with his Cicciobello. An elderly gentleman passes by looks at him and says: "But you play with ...
Posted by Driving without a license on Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Let's immediately dispel the first and classic objection: it's not that because the boy plays with dolls, he will magically transform into a girl, this will not affect his gender identity in any way, if that's what worries him.
The choice of the game, which must be free and certainly not linked to sex, can be dictated by curiosity, by imitation, but also by personification. What Giovanni wants to be he will decide and certainly not his doll.
There are no boy's games and no girl's games, there are only games.
“Giovanni doesn't know that with a simple answer he is making the world a more beautiful place. His wisdom has so much to teach those who probably think they are wiser. In a moment he is not wrong what he does but what is asked of him. Come on Giovanni you will be a great dad and a great man. And you certainly have great parents ”, concludes the page.
Source: Driving without a license / Facebook
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