Pam: Feminization of Boys - agreed 100%. Used to be boys were
   encouraged to be adventurous, take chances, learn to solve their
   own problems through inventiveness and creativity... and you're
   right - for boys, there's always football, which really is just
   about the last thing left thats in the 'boys-only' club. I agree
   in principle that some of the lines between sexes can be crossed
   or merged --... but there are always some things that are guy
   things, some things that are girl things. (and in the end, a kid
   should be encouraged to follow their interests (so long as
   they're not truly life-threatening!) - sometimes boys like
   typically girl things and girls like typically boy things and
   that's okay too - so long as it is really their interests).and
   Tom + Jerry really *is* a violent cartoon - but cartoon violence
   is, well, FUNNY - so absurd an... "