Then would someone PLEASE tell me why so many people are trying to do just precisely that? A kid from the sticks is told these very things on a daily basis.
*light bulb*
Maybe THAT'S the real issue...it's not a black/white issue. It's not a homo/hetero thing. It's not a Muslim/Christian/Satanist/Athiest/Whateverism thing at all. It isn't even a male/female issue. It's a metro/rural thing after all. See, I knew it!
Seriously, if we admit that re-education is a failure, that we ourselves would reject it outright, then why do we insist on doing it?