"When he was about 11, he came to me, he goes, 'Mom, I'm sorry, but I think I'm straight.' I tried to tell him it was a phase, but, you know."
"'There was no part of me that ever felt wrong / No part that felt I wasn't right where I belonged / Ain't nothing weak when little girls are strong / Tomboy, tomboy.'"
"'I wanted to take that term 'tomboy' back because I didn't know if it was derogatory when I was a kid.'"
"'You can do whatever you want,' Clarkson added. 'So there still is that influence of like, 'What is boy? What is girl?'"
Melissa Etheridge recounted a moment when her son Beckett, at 11, declared he was straight. Etheridge humorously reflected on this while discussing her song 'Tomboy' from her album Rise. The song celebrates strong girls and reclaims the term 'tomboy.' Etheridge emphasized that strength in girls is not weak. Clarkson shared her own experience with her son regarding gender expression, appreciating male celebrities like Harry Styles for challenging traditional gender norms and encouraging freedom in self-expression.
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