What if he was wearing a black mask, pants and black boots and black gloves? Clothes and appearance don't mean anything right? Use your head a little.
Right. If you saw a man dressed as such standing around a daycare then what? Or standing around a school or even a bank? What about he's standing on the sidewalk in front of your house? Still not a concern? After all he can wear what he wants, and he can stand on the sidewalk. All legal stuff because you don't own the sidewalk, and you can't tell him how to dress.
The mask is hardly normal everyday clothing though is it? Whereas womens clothing is normal everyday clothing, hey the man could have been dressed as a clown for all I care as it's not up to me to judge.
Women's clothing is normal everyday on women, not men. You just don't see your average everyday guys running around in dresses. You may think it should be that way but it ain't. Plus I thought we wasn't talking about normal dress. Everybody said that since his clothes were not illegal there should have been no cause for concern, well wearing a mask is legal in a whole lot of places. Even where it isn't technically legal, it isn't enforced. Wearing the black ensemble described above is perfectly legal, so why are people unnerved by it? Simply because striking dress or behaviour raises people's flags, whether it's justified or not.
I also think the issue is being shifted. The issue at hand was the safety of the children, not disdain for cross-dressers. Had she called the police simply because she disliked men who dressed as women, you all would have a point. It simply could have been the case that she never has seen that before. It was strange to her and it raised her hackles a bit. No harm no foul. He wasn't hurt and neither was anyone else. If he is a reasonable person I don't think he would lose any sleep over the incident. The most it is probably a good conversation piece with his friends, he'll laugh about it with them, and move on.
Like I said before people have called the police on me, and I've been approached by them as well. I mean at the occasion I was in a suburb at night, dressed in dark colors, big clothes, no one can see anything but my eyes, and I was walking towards a closed bank to the ATM. Even though I know I was doing nothing the police didn't know that. He came up to me and questioned me a bit just to see what was up. I didn't like it a whole lot, but then again he was doing his job. I wasn't hurt, he didn't arrest me, and he ended up being a pretty nice guy for a cop. He was just inquring about me because in all truth I probably did look suspicious.
As a mother it is her job to ensure the safety of her child from any threat real or perceived. If that means somebody has to be slightly questioned so be it. He didn't sustain any damage did he?
