EVEN FOR 9 YEAR OLDS!!!

My brother messed up the last pair of clean pants he had and we had yet to do laundry so I gave him a pair of my old pants that are very unisex. Like yes they're for women but put them on a 9 year old and they look like they're his summer clothes. However he's scared kids will laugh at him, even though they're all about as observant as he is (which isn't at all) and he wouldn't have known if not for me coming out of my room with them. I let him feel a little insecure because he's only 9 and I'm sure wearing your 16 year old sister's clothes can be kind of embarrassing (however as I said before you wouldn't know unless you were told) but did tell him it's okay and no one will notice.

However I was talking to my friend about this and suddenly I got "ew gay dont make him wear that, your poor brother. does he HAVE to go to school today?" and it really hit a nerve. He's 9 years old, no one would notice, they're black, they fit him, they're more like outdoor working out pants so they're not "hip-hugging" or anything. He was ready to walk out of the house in his pjs, I think that would be more noticeable than this. I don't understand this, I'm a teen so I get wanting to look nice at this age, but he's 9 years old and half the time filthy and yet other people, older people, are already mocking it when even they wouldn't notice unless u told them.

It's just clothes, there isn't anything wrong with it, so why is this such a big deal for everyone! A girl can wear her father's clothes and everyone doesn't care but as soon as a boy wears clothes that even are in the slightest way feminine -and even if they're not- were from a woman or were made for women, the world is suddenly exploding and we all have to scream and cry.