I'm almost sorry this thread took such a serious turn. I agree that sterotyping is not only still dominant, but generally a very bigoted attitude as well. People often are simply what they are outside of gender and the accompanying stereotypes.   Tim Allen made his career on that stereotype though and it was a far more relaxed style because for whatever reason, much of it was true.......overplayed certainly, but true to some degree. There is a good deal of humor to be found in the most innocent of things we do.

Do you remember the first time you realized that your parents had sex? I mean, you probably didn't want to believe it did you? Now that may be because of what we were taught, that sex was somehow dirty or whatever. It's an experience that most of us had. It's easy to have a laugh over it while also discussing the things we were taught and their correctness (or not). So...in that vein.......I get a kick out of a few of the Mom's here!!

Okay, your son is not a pig. My Mom believed that too because there are some things that aren't done!   I will bet however that your boys scratch their nuts......not with you around.....but they do, and often in public, providing you aren't there. There is a list of things that might be considered "piggy" and less than acceptable behaviors that men do......both as boys and men.......and parents are really not in the best position to see it. That's even more true if your son is intelligent and generally well behaved.....a model of decorous behavior.

So the next time you think your son didn't shout at his friend who said he had to go do homework (for instance), "Hey Tommy....I gotcher homework right here!" while holding his dick.........Try to remember how you felt when you realized your parents actually DID IT!

Spaw