Bono and Transgender Questions

One of the contestants on this season's Dancing with the Starts is one Chaz Bono. He (and, quite frankly, we're only using the masculine reference here because we don't know what else to do; it is reflective of the confusion which must reign when society loses its moral compass) has been questioned on whether his appearance is appropriate on a family show. His response was that sure it was; it offered a teachable moment for families to discuss transgender issues with their kids, if they were willing to be open minded.

Setting aside for now the issue of whether DWTS is really all that much of a family show (the inclusion of Bono being itself evidence that the show's creators aren't truly all that interested in the best definition of family) we are left with one glaring question. It is the one question which shall not be asked, let alone answered honestly, by the folks who want transgender issues discussed.

Is Chaz Bono willing to be open minded about whether he may in fact be the one who is wrong?

At the end of the day, he's the one issuing the challenge. He's the one asking whether certain basic questions about the nature of male and female are wrong. He's the one going against the well established mores of most all cultures in world history. Why, then, are we the ones who require an open mind?

If he isn't willing to be as open minded about the question as he demands we become, then it is a shallow game he plays. For should that be the case, all we're really being asked to do is to accept a certain mode of thought merely because he wants it to be true. At one time, that would have been called self serving.

It is high time that decent and moral society take back the reigns. When people want us to change, we need to begin throwing the question back at them: why don't you change? When they can give us good answers to that, answers beyond, essentially, because that's not what we want to be true, then we can usefully discuss alterations to our basic societal codes. Until then, let traditional morals flourish. That's what keep our history going and our society strong.