Tons of lesbian couples I've known have talked about needing to make sure their male children had healthy male role models. I probably expressed this myself when I was young and imagining myself as a parent.
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Joking aside, I was relieved when I saw Terry Crews' actual comments. They're poorly expressed, and I don't even agree with the sentiment, but the sentiment that children need healthy male and female influences is widespread and far from the worst idea out there.
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I don't believe it any more, both because I know plenty of masculine, female-identified people who can model healthy masculinity without being men, and because I'm a lot more skeptical of seeing children's psychological needs as all the same or similar.
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I’m glad that you unlike me never had someone say what Terry said to you as an attempt to diminish your sexual orientation, but just because it didn’t happen to you doesn’t mean you should co-sign the comments as “fine” which throws other queer people under the bus
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I was raised by a single mom and did fine without a strong male influence, btw
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Relieved? Relieved. You were relieved. What privilege you flaunt. His words were not poory expressed. He said EXACTLY what he meant, evidenced by the precursor. That you can excuse this, fell relieved, makes you just as culpable.
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Yes, I was relieved. Maybe I'm too used to reading homophobic attacks, but I'm able to be relieved when someone says "same sex couples can raise healthy children if they do xyz". Even if I don't agree that xyz is necessary, the acknowledgement that it's possible was a relief.
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