Nicole Althaus
The boy is old enough to hear a clear message: that «gay» is not a swear word, but a sexual orientation. That it is just as wrong and sexist to use «gay» as a swear word as «nigger» is racist and that you therefore do not tolerate it in your home.
Peter Schneider
If your son's friend had a certain sense of paradoxical irony, you could tell him that you find the use of the word «gay» as a swearword «totally retarded» and therefore don't want to hear the word around you anymore. On the other hand, you don't have to react too hysterically either, because you hardly become a homophobe because you were exposed to inappropriate swear words in your ignorant youth. Nor do you become a nymphomaniac because your girlfriend thinks everything is «cool».
<img alt="Tonia von Gunten:Intervene, like this: «You call other people gay. I want to talk to you about that. It bothers me that you say that and I don't know what's funny about it. I'd like you to rethink the way you treat people and stop insulting people based on their appearance or sexual preference. How do you see that?»« src="https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/87/2021/08/492e405b66cc771f04873014409e1b75.jpg» />
Tonia von Gunten
Intervene like this: «You call other people gay. I want to talk to you about that. It bothers me that you say that and I don't know what's funny about it. I'd like you to rethink the way you treat people and stop insulting other people because of their appearance or sexual preference. How do you see that?»
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