Sherri Shepherd: Clearly defined gender roles or else

[@TheAlmacias]

People who claim Elisabeth is the most ignorant member of The View have obviously never heard Sherri speak.

[@StarFighters76]

Sad to say but you're right.

[@onceIhadalove]

TELL ME ABOUT IT!! Hard to fathom this kind of ignorance was made so visual.

[@wacaruana]

amen ma brotha/sista!! (pun intended)

[@onceIhadalove]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA >>>> MENNNNNNNNNNN TO THAT!

[@Squeaxx]

Alex Yup! She’s also just as bad. I have paid attention.

[@wacaruana]

3:06 onwards translation of sherri's comments: You can be what you are, but you cannot be who you are in my house. You cannot express yourself or your true nature around me or I'll be mad at you and love you less. fullstop. I feel compassion for her, she does not know what she's doing, but mostly for her son if that would happen.

[@TheGroucho66]

Sherri Shepherd is an extraordinary creature. It's as though everyone in my life has conspired against me in order to secretly feed her information about my life so that she can create a formula of personality traits and opinions that embody the most accurate way to annoy me.

[@Zaramoku]

I agree with Sherri Shepherd on this one: a boy wears not dress, period. If he turns 18 years old and decides to wear dresses, that will be his business and no one needs to judge him.

[@ChooseU4ever]

i feel sorry for her son.

[@Massiveskinsfan93]

She doesn't even have a reason. Her argument is literally just "He can't wear a dress. So there." WHY? Let kids express themselves. As long as it isn't harming anyone, who cares?

[@lasaboteuse]

***** jesus.

[@commonwisdom5333]

+Charlotte Malone she doesn't have a reason because it's common sense. in this culture men wear suits and woman wear dresses. she's simply protecting her child from bi-curious behavior. behavior is learned from the parents(nurture). when a child is taught they are imprinted. for instance a spoiled child will always be selfish and needy. by letting a male put on a dress. that is saying this behavior is ok for you to NOW entertain. the idea that people are born to be what they will become by genetics alone, is short sighted. you mold your child into the person they will become. not necessarily that the behavior might turn someone gay but because to be a man this is the behavior you need in life to find your opposite because opposites attract. kids and adults express themselves with art and creativity. not with their identity.

[@everettfanor1989]

+Charlotte Malone Me personally I wouldnt want my son to wear a skirt and girl panties. I kinda agree. I would tell the teacher no to let him wear the female clothes

[@jaywest3734]

Charlotte Malone It's her child so she makes the decision.

[@The_Black_Anarchist]

​@@jaywest3734 That just means that she's a bully. That's why children resent their parents.

[@onceIhadalove]

Sherri declares that she has had so many abortions, she's lost count.... and suddenly, she's standing firm on not allowing her son to wear a dress? THAT bothers her worse than her many abortions? This says all the world needs to know about her. So incredibly sad. So incredibly shameful.

[@ericrivera8410]

And politically shes anti abortion

[@Mynameistyshawn]

Y’all are sounding goofy in these comments! A woman doesn’t want her son wearing a dress at school and she’s a horrible person? Wow what a world we live in!

[@Sorgesol]

So... guess what EVERYBODY wore Before pants were invented? Yup. Dresses.

[@ValentinoB]

"I'm his mother, he will not be wearing a dress" - that is how religion works. because she feels some way, she'll force all her opinions on the child rather give him info/advice and allow for him to make the decision himself smh.

[@missa1295]

religion doesn't teach that, but she's using it as an excuse of her own prejudice. You are exactly right however. children are being programmed to others ideas and beliefs unfortunately and many harmful

[@jaywest3734]

Valentino Olivier I agree with her.

[@patriciorodriguez1020]

Valentino Olivier so you just let your kid do whatever he wants... no decipline... nice

[@ellasavage7021]

@@patriciorodriguez1020 I love when people make very clear point and then others feel the need to twist their words

[@PantocratorFollower]

What is wrong with being Christian?

[@sunblue22]

There’s a reason why Sherry isn’t on this show anymore, instead she’s about to start her own show that is SURE to be cancelled well before Wendy ever was. My only hope is she’s learned how her divisive opinions and rhetoric can turn many off.

[@contactkeithstack]

I feel people call American's stupid not so much for being ignorant, but for having such strong opinions regardless. If we could just get across hey your not born entitled to an opinion, you become entitled the more you learn, and to learn is to take an idea or argument and really learn both sides.

[@normawalz9863]

These ladies want to make Sherry accept their idea, what the heck, that’s not your child, you don’t feed him you don’t take care of him and yes there are gender roles male snd female it’s fact. Leave her alone, such bullies.

[@samanthapeace7083]

Pink was originally the color boys wore and girls wore blue. All kids wore dresses until about 5 years old back in the day.

[@SoCanIHaveIt]

Every single day, I wished Starr Jones was back.

[@damdarch]

At the end Whoopi is like "people jump Sherri before they even know what's she's talking about." I think people jump Sheri before Sherri knows what she's talking about.

[@SebastienCade]

@EGarrett01 People do have to wait until 18 years of age to have the surgery, but the diagnosis of the disorder happens as young as 2 years old. It's not some disorder where a kid just wants to dress like the opposite sex, the children have to show clearly that they truly believe they are meant to be another sex. It takes years to get the actual diagnosis, and then more years to be eligible for surgery. No worries.

[@biologygeek18]

I understand what Sherri is saying in terms of her son, her rules. And I think it's wrong that everyone else is criticizing her so much on her parenting. She can raise him however she wants.

[@scj3188]

Ignorant

[@ericrivera8410]

Her hypocrisy is having had numerous abortions yet politically is anti abortion

[@onceIhadalove]

SHE OPENLY ADMITTED TO HAVING "SO MANY ABORTIONS SHE LOST COUNT", yet feels this child can't wear a dress! YOU CAN'T SEE WHY PEOPLE CRITICIZE THAT? IT'S FRIGHTENING! SO INCREDIBLY SAD FOR BOTH SHERRI AND HER SON. MAY THEY FIND PEACE AND BALANCE IN THIS LIFE.

[@officialMadstar]

she is shocking... what amazes me is that in america someone like sherri is allowed a platform to spew this kind of view....

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

@NTK2A I agree with Sherri. It is her child and her decision to make about how she wants to raise him. Why is there even a discussion about this? A parent doesnt want their child to participate in certain behaviors. That's the end of the story. Get over it.

[@davidalex1347]

When I was 19 years old I went into a massage parlor (the kind I should not have been in) when I realized things could go too far I prayed ,asking for God's help to get me out. GOD blessed me to get out. All people will deal with desires that are against God but it honors God when we ask for his help,when we are willing to trade our desires for His. (With His Help).

[@sucraloss]

"Dad, I want to wear a dress" "Go to the store then and buy it with your own money" "How will I do that?" "Just take your bike, get the money you need and be back soon" Pretty good opportunity to do 2 things: Let your kid be who they want to be and teach them self-reliance.

[@Bibblan]

If your kid is transgendered then your kid is transgendered! By denying or letting you kid wear a dress will not change the fact your kid is transgendered! If it is there then it is there and there is nothing you can do about it, except loving your kid!

[@zombiewhitegirl]

I always preferred following common sense and reason, than either Christ OR popular opinion.

[@ryanb9304]

Sherri Shepherd 😒...........

[@bhzlacewigsdotcom]

That is HER SON. I would have told them look, unless you are going to give me half on some bills, clothes, and food for my son, then don't worry about how I'm raising him! That's people's problems, they need to MIND THEIR BUSINESS. She is not abusing her son and he is well taken care of, so what's the problem. If she don't want him to wear skirts, she has every RIGHT to say so. People are something else!

[@darthtayter]

You too. Not to beat a dead horse when you're done debating, but truly, I think that the core of this issue is that I don't think there's any reason to freak out over a 2-3 year old little boy putting on a dress while playing dress-up. It's just harmless fun, and there doesn't need to be a huge deal over it. But yeah, I don't want to go on and on when you're ready to be done, so I'll stop :)

[@tonyjones2732]

I love you Sherri !! Stand for truth !!

[@ericrivers8883]

Tony Jones i read she had numerous abortions...

[@tonyjones2732]

Eric Rivers she also stated this out of her mouth so therefore it is her truth ,and she realizes that it is a mistake that she owns therefore she’s forgiven and she’s continuing to stand for truth . This has nth to do with Sherri you or me not even our opinion but it has all to do with God and what he says to be true .

[@ericrivers8883]

Tony Jones God is a man?...why does he need a penis?

[@ericrivers8883]

Tony Jones abortions are not a mistake..that's intentional and you're saying people get a pass because they pray for forgiveness?...so I can kill Simeone , ask for forgiveness and all is well?

[@tonyjones2732]

Eric Rivers Sir I can clearly see your asking for attention... you commented 12 hrs ago and now again , like I said before it’s not about you or me or Sherri LMBO what does God say is truth ? And to answer your question if you kill someone and truly ask for his God forgiveness and REPENT then yes absolutely The Father will forgive you and that sin will be removed , now your repercussion here on earth “MAY” be different. But Eric I’m going to lift you up before God and pray that he moves in your life and that HE will open the eyes of your heart ... love ya man stay up 👌🏽

[@Jahkillian]

The role of the parent is to teach the kid how to one day be able to survive on his own and to teach him everything to make his life easier when his a adult. If you feel teaching a young boy to dress as a woman in a society that doesn't except making his life easier and preparing him for the work force go for it.

[@Lynara]

We are very open in our home, we try very hard not to label and I teach diversity is champion yet when I asked my nine year old if he wanted a GI Joe doll for Christmas, he snapped back at me with, It's NOT a doll, mom. It's an A C T I O N F I G U R E! Society and twisted ideals outside the home have wreaked havoc on my influence over my own child. It feels like a war lost. Ignorance wins.

[@zombiewhitegirl]

I don't know...sigh. I don't know what I'd do if my future son wanted to wear a dress. The question is, what am I afraid of? I'm not worried about it "making him gay", because I think that's nonsense; but I do worry a bit about gender identity. If I nurture a tendency to want to emulate feminine things that he finds appealing, could that confuse him into thinking that he might have been meant to be a female? Who knows. It's gonna take many years of research to come to any conclusions.

[@milianviolet]

Whoopi really needs to stop telling people how to raise their kids. Sherri isn't saying that anyone else's son isn't allowed to wear a dress.

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

@NTK2A This is small potatoes. Tell a social worker about how Sherri raises her child. Considering how their case load usually is, they'll laugh in your face. No one is a perfect parent. Sherri is trying to give her child the tools he needs to get through life successfully and avoid social difficulties, especially since he already has a disability. He needs more clearly defined boundaries than most kids.

[@MsSparklesNGlitter]

@AtheistNY the scariest thing is that she actually has a child, Sherri Shepard also didnt understand the BC/AD concept and thought that christians came before the Greeks

[@AmandaFromWisconsin]

Just to clarify, we Americans are aware that those Scottish kilts are purely ceremonial and that Scottish men do not don them as casual wear in everyday life. Thank you.

[@gombis666]

Ha. I agree with Sherri on this issue. I think if a child develops gender issues early, fine, but I think it's best not to confuse gender roles so early.

[@hollyshum918]

As written in Are Kilts Skirts? (in Yahoo Answer) Purpose of wearing kilts: 1) whilst traveling, ie: used as a bed, as a cloak, to shelter from the rain. 2) distinguish them from others during battle 3.squat down and do his business quickly, then move on, as there were many enemies around in wartime "Skirt is the word for Americans to use describing an feminine apparel, while Kilt is described as a culture wear for Scottish people."

[@AvalonDraconis]

My 5 yr old daughter plays with toy tools, trucks, loves spiderman and ironman, and yet still loves dolls, care bears, and dress up. She is healthy, insanely smart, and happy. Why should I keep my daughter from expanding what she likes? If a boy wears a dress, that doesn't mean he will grow up gay or crossdress. Maybe he'll be the next Calvin Klein, for all you know. Just let kids be kids!

[@BeatlesFanSonia]

Yes, I saw that video of her talking about there not being anything before jesus. She also says the world is flat. I saw the actual program she said that on and Barbara kept trying to get her to change her mind or to say she was joking. I thought Barbara was going to find an excuse to let her go after that. That was when Sherri first started on the show.

[@tylercorbett6396]

Really, boy and girl are just ideas, gender is just a classification of personality and self identity, humans are born male, female, intersex , and possibly neuter. I really don't understand like can't people just be let to be whatever gender and whatever sexuality and wear what they want without being judged ?

[@taurusclimber]

If everyone had taken that stance in the early 1900's, women would be restricted to wearing dresses and skirts. If there is a problem with public perception, people just need to change their opinions. It's happened before, it will happen again. Fear and judgement comes from ignorance, so if more people express themselves and make themselves known, the public will adapt.

[@cindyqueen7228]

She embarrasses black women on a daily basis.

[@zer0set721]

cindy Queen She embarrasses human beings on a daily basis. Don't just single out Blacks and women. She is a as poor an example of human intelligence as there ever has been.

[@omargoodnesssake]

cindy Queen why does she have to represent ALL black women? Does Trump, Dick Cheney, Ted Nugent, represent all white men?

[@UnknownXV]

Ha, if a teacher is ever considered a mom, the system is messed up. The mother and father are the parents, NOT, and NEVER the teacher.

[@PixieGal262]

The point isn't that she's his parent. The point is that if there is a box full of random clothes and a 2-4 year old boy puts on a dress, it isn't weird or gay. He's 2-4 years old. He doesn't know what gay is or what gender roles are. I ate mud when I was 2. I drew myself as a unicorn when I was 4 in kindergarten. My teacher and mother were like..um..ok. It's perfectly harmless for a child to use their imagination. Kids learn gender roles eventually. Let them be kids and have fun.

[@philip1888]

A KILT IS NOT A SKIRT!!!!!! It is a tradition garment that is worn at weddings etc. WE DONT WEAR THEM EVERYDAY!!! It may look like a "skirt" but the ergonomics of the garment are different! I agree with Sherrie and I would not let my son wear a dress, but at that age when they are too young to know the difference and are just playing it does not matter.

[@Scardy]

Actually, up until the last few generations, little boys wore dresses and long hair. It's a cultural thing.

[@justincastillogayray]

Who is the woman in the middle?

[@NEKAYBAAW]

GO SHERRI!

[@MischeM6]

Kilts are not Skirts ladies of the view. And they are not worn casually, they are only or formal wear, and are worn ON OCCASSION.

[@LOCCDOGYY]

I feel you, my culture has clothes for men that most would say is a skirt when it really isn't.

[@chasethemagnificent]

if my son wanted to wear a dress, id take him shopping.

[@613maccabee]

The show is called "THE VIEW", It takes view points from women with different opinions.

[@rima110]

Growing up as a child...I was a tomboy..didn't like dolls would rather be out playing with the boys bla bla bla my parents didn't object and never made it a big deal..i can't be anymore feminine now in my twenties...If the argument is it turns you gay..it's stupid!

[@PixieGal262]

It doesn't matter because he's a child and doesn't understand cross dressing at this point in his life. It also doesn't matter because at school, especially with children that age, the teacher is basically the mother for the day. If Sherri doesn't agree with that teacher's "values" (meaning the teacher won't snatch certain clothes items away from a child playing with them) then she should take her child out of that class.

[@rayma66]

God forbid they accept that others don't agree with their opinions.

[@emilysarahful]

I just love how they assume all Scottish boys always were kilts!

[@RamblingThinker]

The solution to these types of problems is for society to accept that gender (such as transgender situations) and sexuality lie on spectrums, not fixed points. It's true that most men are differnent from most women, but that doesn't mean their different across the board or that we should limit people who are different in major ways. These are not all-or-nothing senarios. It won't spell the downfall of society--just one where everyone is better able to get ahead based on effort and merit.

[@Cabal_Therapist]

@spareld He isn't a possession, she has responsibilities to him, not rights over him

[@PixieGal262]

cont...i've never seen the parents of one kid whose Na-Na Gomez (nanny) comes and picks her up and drops her off from school every day. I've seen the teacher I'm shadowing get chewed out by some parent because their kid came home having drunk about 8 cans of soda that another student brought from home and was bouncing off the walls. That same teacher got chewed out for a kid skinning their knee by another parent. The teacher is Mom when Mom isn't around.

[@lasaboteuse]

Why not? What are you afraid of?

[@EquestriaDJ]

I was always told that this behavior in a conversation was wrong. LIES I say! I could have gotten rich doing this!

[@mimric]

I don't have a problem with what she is saying, I have a problem with her hypocrisy. I would not allow my son to put on dresses or my daughter to dress like a man. once they are old enough to live their life outside of my house then they can do what they want. Even when I was younger I did not disrespect my moms house, I did my dirt away from the house.

[@RobbytheLion]

One hundred years ago women would be mortified if they were made to wear pants. Now they wear them all the time. I bet a hundred years from now men will be wearing skirts and dresses and it will be totally normal. You can see the transformation beginning, case in point: "utilikilts". I see them all the time and not just on Scottish people.

[@NoOneHere2Day]

What's on Sherri's head?

[@leesha666]

i just laughed so much

[@chriswillis2734]

A DEAD VARMINT?

[@ChooseU4ever]

bricks?

[@ericrivers8883]

A small pea begging to be let out because it's bored .

[@NTK2A]

I love it when people use profanity and name calling to prove their superiority.

[@citydweller99]

Whoopi had the right idea

[@chris812125]

I could just see a 3 year old Joy in a cowgirl outfit.

[@chinadollsyndrome]

@malonso212004 My point was not how many men I know wear skirts. My point, which you seem to consistently miss, was that there are already many men who do and that people react in a either in a positive light (i.e. compliments and questions of where to get one) or not at all (i.e. they don't think it's anything out of the ordinary or just don't care). And I'm sorry if I offended you, but it still stands that you would be in the place of elderly women who disapprove of girls wearing pants today.

[@AvalonDraconis]

@NWKklown Playing with dolls does not make a child gay. Neither does cuddling or giving affection. People used to believe that boys who were hugged too much or allowed to speak of their feelings would grow up to be gay, that is totally debunked now. What happened is either your friend is not remembering/telling the story 100% correctly, or he was born gay and it had nothing to do with his mother. My eldest girl loves spider man and iron man, does that mean she will grow up gay? Not likely.

[@obrightgirlo]

what are you going to if I go into the "men" section? are you going to arrest me? is it a crime for me to wear a tie? if i'm not mistaken, wasn't it a huge step forward when women started wearing pants? why did those women make such a big deal back then? I mean, girls are only supposed to wear skirts, right? it's just the way it is, right? I'll dress whatever way I want to and it won't change my character. anyone who tells my future daughter she has to wear skirts, is gonna get punched.

[@Littlewater]

I have expectations for the kids that i dont have yet but If they dont meet them..screw it...its not my decision..the biggest reason kids are fucked up now is because parents think they have the right to tell their kids who and how to be because it makes THEM HAPPY!

[@tydaguy]

@TheGoalSetter Homosexuality is not a choice. If he was acting like a girl and realized he was gay, its not because he acted like a girl. He probably acted like a girl because he was already gay. Thats hard to figure out though since kids dont really have much of a sexuality. Its basically new age homophobia.

[@Exilewilliams]

She just believes in gender roles. That's not homophobia. I am a gay male who believes in gender roles for myself. But I may just take issue with someone's lifestyle behavior in my house, which she perfectly has a right to object to. What I'm reading is that everybody has to raise their child in a liberal way, which is not the case all the time and its okay not to be raised a liberal or liberally (I say this as a moderate).

[@LanceDirk]

The point about the kilt and the skirt is that dresses and skirts are only girls clothing because we consider it girls clothing culturally. In a veil of ignorance, a boy wearing a dress wouldn't breach any gender roles because dresses aren't objectively feminine. So if the boy is too young to really understand the connotations of clothing, then wearing a dress doesn't say anything about him.

[@m77ast]

I love Sherri - This is a real black woman. Without Rules and Boundaries - We might as well go back to the stone ages.

[@itscat92]

@ion010101 Elizabeth (she's not in this episode)

[@daisyplayer]

let the children express themselves however they want, it doesn't matter what other people feel is right as long as the child/person is happy and content with themselves transgender, gay, straight, bisexual, what does it matter? we're all still people, no more, no less

[@m77ast]

I wish there were other women like Sherri. If you dont have rules and boundaries in your home. I dont know if you have a home or a jungle democracy.

[@piper42]

gurrrllll.. she needs to talk to miss RuPaul! Sherri makes me embarrassed and sad for her children!

[@lemartravis1]

It may not be Politically Correct but males and females are different

[@jaywest3734]

I agree with Sherri, and I'm gay myself.

[@manudid3971]

Jay West you’re also dumb

[@spareld]

@icemachine79 I kind of agree with Sherrie she has every right to choose what her son wears she had that baby not you. and how do you know he's gay or even want to wear a dress for that matter? I guess everybody has to be homophobic or ignorant if they have rules for their kids now a days. That's very interesting to me that she's consider ignorant because she doesn't want her son to wear a dress

[@shieldsff]

great call Sherri !

[@darthtayter]

Not the majority, no. But certainly, some people do. But if he can handle the criticism enough to wear what he wants, good for him for being himself. Individuality is a good thing.

[@NTK2A]

@gombis666 Shoot, I didn't mean to vote this up. I meant to reply! lol! I just wanted to say that imagination doesn't automatically mean the child is confused. In kindergarten, we played house during nap time and one of the kids pretended to be the family dog "Sprinkles." Today he's a married, 31 year old heterosexual male with a daughter. I highly doubt he went through life confused as to whether he was human or a dog.

[@sushi062000]

@Drucef She didn't celebrate Halloween when she was a Jehovah's Witness. Not when she became a born again Christian.

[@Bygshorty]

That is part of the problem with this country right now, PARENTS are being parents. They are too busy trying to be their childrens friends. No skirt in AMERICA for a male. You were born as a male, then that is what GOD intended you to be.

[@malonso212004]

@tangent94 I dont think being loud, sarcastic, robot engineer or even hating to wear a dress is exclusive to men. Im loud, sometimes a bit vulgar, and I too hate dresses. However, there are some things that are exclusive to woman like wearing a dress. In our culture whats considred normal is for women to wear dresses not men. As a parent its my duty to show my child whats acceptable and what not accepable. If my child felt like wearing a bathing suit to school I wouldnt let him do that either

[@obrightgirlo]

does it? women don't have the copyright on dresses. they're not ours. just like pants don't belong to men and men alone. if a guy wears a dress, it doesn't make him a woman. and wearing pants doesn't make me a man. wearing glasses doesn't make me smarter, either. having blonde hair doesn't make dumb. it's crazy. both men and women should be able to dress as they please. it's only fair.

[@AngelDollAvakin]

Certain things are just for a man to do and certain things are just for a woman to do our bodies are built differently a man can't do everything a woman can...vice versa...that's the way God made it

[@PixieGal262]

Associating negativity with femininity doesn't have to be a direct thing. It'll live in his subconscious forever if she reacts badly to it; just like I learned not to touch the stove when my mom flipped out when I was 3. I don't remember it at all but I have a visceral reaction to stoves every time I see one and my mom said it's because she like, yanked me away from the one in the house when I was a kid as she was broiling some fish.

[@pixxispad]

I love that they think that Scottish people wear kilts all the time.

[@SSTTEEAALLTTHH]

I'm going to be honest, I'm a straight guy, but let's be frank. Is there any outfit that is more bad-ass or manlike then a kilt? Have you looked at Scots? If there was a bad-ass contest between a John McClane and a guy who wears a kilt, I'd bet on the guy in the kilt.

[@lmsabatino]

If my son wanted to dress up fine i would embrace his imagination or whatever he wanted. I had boy toys all the time when i was little. to be honest they were more fun than girl toys. let kids be kids.

[@ThePsychoReturns]

She doesn't know whether or not the Earth is flat. She obviously isn't fit to dress her own children.

[@TheQueenNoco]

Sounds to me like she would disown her son for wanting to wear a dress.

[@iopunderstealth]

I love Whoopi, she's clearly the leader of this bowl of fruits and nuts!

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Sherri knows her child. She feels he cannot handle mixing gender roles. Who is anyone else to judge that? She said she would accept him if he was gay, so wtf is you all's problem?

[@meggie945]

Appropriate roles of gender? What do you mean by this statement? Just curious =)

[@MagnificentFiend]

She was in The Lion King, amongst other things.