Reply #149: Although these people do appear to be Fundamentalists

[Nikia]

I don't know if that is exactly the cause of the father's hostility towards anything "feminine" in his son. There have always been men who have sought to be hypermasculine and make sure that their sons are that way too, regardless of their religiousness. There is an element in our culture that strongly disapproves of males having any feminine attributes. Look at coaches who insult their male players by calling them "girls". Look at parents who freak out if their son likes to play with "girl toys" or cross dress in play. Look at adults who think that there is something odd about men in certain professions like nursing. Look at Arnold and other "manly" Republicans who call our candidates "girly men". This man took this hypermasculinity to its sad extreme logical conclusion. His son was better off being dead than being anything less than hypermasculine.