Malena Pichot, an Argentine activist and comedian, spoke in an interview about her 3-year-old son. She said the boy “seems heterosexual” because he likes cars and fighting, and added, laughing, that “there is still hope” that he will be gay.
The remark quickly went viral and divided social media. One group took it as a joke with no deeper meaning, typical of the humor Pichot often uses in her interviews. Another group harshly criticized it, pointing out that projecting a desired sexual orientation onto a 3-year-old child is, at the very least, questionable.
The comment reopened a debate that is not new: where is the line between a mother’s humor and pressure on the identity of a child who still cannot choose anything for himself? 🤔