Boys can you wear lipstick like this 9-year-old boy who has become a trendsetter on social media?
Have you seen a boy wearing lipstick and not get trolled for doing it? Hopefully not, because in our society it is not acceptable that a boy wears makeup like girls. The same thing has happened on Thursday when a nine-year-old boy story went viral over social media like Twitter. He had been trolled for wearing a bright red lipstick.
Yes, a 9-year-old boy from Allahabad was brutally trolled for wearing the lipstick. His cousin named Diksha shared his photograph on Twitter and wrote, ‘My cousin, 9, is the most “effeminate” in the house. Let’s call him Little Cuz. Loves to paint nails, wear lip colour, learn home science! But in this stereotypical alpha male-centric household he’s often the pivot of jokes. Today he applied lip colour & got called a “chakka” (1/n)’
My cousin, 9, is the most “effeminate” in the house. Let’s call him Little Cuz. Loves to paint nails, wear lipcolour, learn home science! But in this stereotypical alpha male-centric household he’s often the pivot of jokes. Today he applied lipcolour & got called a “chakka” (1/n) pic.twitter.com/mZ2FplPNyP
— Diksha Bijlani (@BijlaniDiksha) June 18, 2018
Many people have trolled him for doing that and even called a little boy as ‘chakka’. What a disgraceful gesture of Twitterati that they can’t even spare a 9-year-old boy.
Did you check with his parents before flashing his picture all over the Internet just to further your agenda?
— DhimmiDivya (@divya_16_) June 21, 2018
Stop brainwashing the poor child and using him to get cheap twitter likes
— AT (@abhishektahlan) June 20, 2018
So he hid behind the curtain & under the bed, shielding his lipcoloured face from the camera & from his mom. Somehow it is always the moms that feel most “embarassed” with their masculine, hardy sons trying makeup. Or anything feminine. (2/n)
— Diksha Bijlani (@BijlaniDiksha) June 18, 2018
In such a house it takes constant work as elder cousins to undo the conditioned gender binary,normalise gender neutral acts which are deemed feminine. So we all wore lip color to make him comfortable & accepted. He felt a specially empowered when he saw my brother wearing it(3/n) pic.twitter.com/aixXrfMpbw
— Diksha Bijlani (@BijlaniDiksha) June 18, 2018
My brother gave up any toxic masculinity & complied to influence Little Cuz. Little Cuz came out & smiled comfortable in his skin.
— Diksha Bijlani (@BijlaniDiksha) June 18, 2018
So important to realise that we owe the responsibility of giving every younger kid a safe space to embrace his place within the gender spectrum(4/n) pic.twitter.com/d9ffsJbsTa
So important to tell little kids gender is a spectrum, a repertoire of places they can visit w/o losing their identity. I hope all of us tell kids we know that they are valid, they are accepted, & they are beautiful today. I hope we don’t become the bullies we warn them of. (5/5)
— Diksha Bijlani (@BijlaniDiksha) June 18, 2018
Update: Today, Little Cuz picked up his sister’s pink bicycle. Uncle ridiculed him for riding on a pink bicycle like a girl (bec that’s how petty my fam is). He retorts & says “Gender real nai hota. Kal mene aur bhaiya dono ne red lipstick lagaya tha didi ke saath. Aap puchlo” 😊
— Diksha Bijlani (@BijlaniDiksha) June 19, 2018
Update: On a video call w/ Little Cuz today he shows me all lipsticks in his mom’s room & says “I’ve tried all & picked my favourite shade”. Then he keeps phone down, takes 10 proper mins to meticulously put it on & shows me. His fav lipshade is maroon & fav nailcolor is blue! 🤗 pic.twitter.com/95Vkjx1Vf8
— Diksha Bijlani (@BijlaniDiksha) June 21, 2018
Later, the heart-touching pic went viral which shows Diksha and her siblings wearing the lipstick and also received likes over 4,000 and hundreds of retweets.
Well, Tweeple got inspired by the story and supported the child who broke the gender bias rule. Here’s how Twitterati reacted:
Tell him he looks super cute and I just love the lip colour. Wish i could carry it off as well as he did.
— Priyashmita Guha (@priyashmita) June 18, 2018
And a big hug for him. Tell him he is the most courageous kid I have seen. It takes courage to be different and do what you want. He is doing it
Nothing wrong with being 'effeminate'. What's wrong is to force your gender ideals on others. Why must a kid be forced to change his ways when he's not harming others? And no parent needs to be embarrassed for it. Be supportive instead.
— Adi (@ZealMuke) June 20, 2018
Hug him and tell him it's going to be better
— Aparna Ramachandra (@msaparna) June 18, 2018
I wish I had siblings like you back in my time!Hugs and hugs for your courage and so proud of you,Remember when he will grow up he will I m sure gonna thank you for standing beside him.This gives me hope as country and society some day will rise above all gender stereotypes
— hoderhider (@udhan_khatola) June 20, 2018
Sending lots of love to this cute little fellow 😊💜 pic.twitter.com/1ykGV1b61l
— OriJINal Aditi (@royal_kpoper) June 20, 2018
He is a kpop idol my love jimin.. Actually kpop idols put almst same makeup as girls and look like angels from heaven... Does that make them "chaka"..ofcourse not...they are ruling the world..So don't worry much...show him pics of kpop idols and feel better pic.twitter.com/YBDwMFlibc
— Simran 💕💕💕 (@iknowmawesome) June 20, 2018
So great of you guys to do it. I hope his parents can accept it soon as well
— Adi (@ZealMuke) June 20, 2018
Some also shared their pic with wearing make-up. Have a look:
oh hi there pic.twitter.com/4nipMQCs7T
— प्रोफ़॰ डॉ॰ रॉफ़ल इयान बाबू (@iawoolford) June 21, 2018
Here's a little something in his support. pic.twitter.com/YHGh6ceTEX
— वरुण (@varungrover) June 19, 2018
Well, he is just 9 and during this age, many children did such things. Sometimes parents also did their child for fun. However, many become rigid while thinking for other and some accepted easily.
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First published: 22 June 2018, 9:40 IST
