Shiloh Jolie-Pitt's new haircut: A tale of creepy gender politics and a whole lot of fear

It doesn't "sink in" as much as they think. My parents bought me a shirt that said "I'm a girl" when I was a kid because people kept mistaking me for a boy. I was not horriied. I thought it was funny. I had that short haircut, was too young to have any figure and dressed in comfy play clothes. It's hard to play in a dress and I was a tom-boy anyway. I was not scarred for life.

This article is ridiculous. Of course children can be tomboys when they're little. I was! That didn't mean that I got to pick out everything I bought and got to chose to chop off all my hair. Just as everyone thinks parents that like Focus on the Family are ingraining it in their children's minds to act and look like a girl if they are one, Jolie is ingraining it into Shiloh's minds to look like a boy and act like one. Shiloh has been encouraged by her parents to look like that and probably gets good feedback when picking out boy clothes. It's totally fine to act like a boy- but cutting your child's hair to make them look like one when they don't really know what's going on is another story. People who like to blame conservatives/Christian groups for everything in social disagreements are guilty of everything that they blame them for. It's so ridiculous.

Shame on Life & Style...pick on someone your own size!!!

I don't care if she turns out to be gay or transgender but that should be her choice and she shouldn't be pushed into making that choice until she is old enough to understand all the ramnifications that come with it. 3 year old's shouldn't be "fighting society" - let them be kids and that means protecting them from political fights they can't yet understand. Many adult transgenders don't come out because they don't think they can stand the stress so why are you forcing it on a 3 year old?

$10,000. on clothing for ONE child????? That is what is sick!!!!!

Don't be concerned with other peoples children. Shiloh's gonna be fine. She's got a great Mom & Dad who loves her. Wish they were my mom & dad. ( accept I'm 102) only kidding. smile.

dumb, just dumb. in the 1970's, like the writer, i too wore boys clothes. this was mostly because i shot up to be 5'9" around my 11th birthday and there were no such things as a pair of ladies pants long enough to fit me properly or a blouse with sleeves long enough. so, much to my occasional horror, i wore mens/boys clothes; actually whatever fit me. and i turned out just fine.

so what if the little girl wants to wear jeans and wear her hair short right now; she's got brothers she probably runs around the yard with, and you can't run very fast in a party dress and a pair of Mary Janes.

Shilohs parents are pushing her to be gay, end of story. or they wanted her to be a boy. its one or the other. being gay is someones choice. poor girl.

Just leave her alone! She just a little kid. If she wasn't a celebrities child no one would care!

You could not pay me to be a celebrity! This is the downfall of the celebrity life. To write an article on pure speculation is so riduculous! NOONE writing these CRAP magazines even know who Angelina and Brad are or how they raise their children. They only know from a picture and that is just pure TRASH!!!!!!!!!!!! God I cannot stand the people who write,take pics and report for those Magazines!

My 3 adult daughters ALL had short hair at one time or another when they were young! My hair is short. Do I get mixed up with my gender? NO!
My daughters know WHO they are, also.
LEAVE THE CHILD ALONE!!

Nadine: Yeah, like that's going to work considering she's not likely to be seen without mom and dad. Sorry, but that was a rather lame answer.

i saw this video and i wanted to show it to you guys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2D0qeyrMqM

come on people ange is using her daughter for shock publicity just like she did when she kissed her brotherwith apsssionate lover kiss on tv . pure evil on her part to use helpless babies for attention . girls clothes have been around for years jeans tees shorts shirts so close to boys style for comfort and play my granddaughters grew up ( some still growing up ). wearing girls clothes made for playing and being a tom boy you dont have to dress your kids in boys clothes to play rough and tumble any one who says you do is just plain stupid and ignorant what ange does is her own business but she is still a cruel attention grabber whose has no morals what so ever shs has proved this over and over

Wait... whats the dael with calling her john??? wtf?!

My daughter had a 'Hamill' in the seventies..........Now @ 36 She hates that I cut her hair short!

I agree that its none of our business but I do think that it is a little cruel if they are doing this purposly but do we know that for sure? I mean I have a 3 year old and she loves dressing up as a princess and wearing crowns and tutus, not because thats what I showed her but because thats what she likes and at this point she can tell the difference between a girl and a boy and just the other day asked me to cut her hair like her little boy friend in daycare(which i didin't do!). Maybe Shiloh asked to cut her hair and wants to dress like that. But seriously someting in the back of my mind thinks that might not be the case lol. Shiloh's such a cute little girl!

I had two older brothers growing up so I was a pretty big tomboy as a little girl. My mom would have loved to have dressed me in frilly dresses after raising two boys ( and did succeed on picture days or weddings), but it was ultimately up to me what I would put on my body. I dressed in pants and no fear shirts with my hair tied back in a very not cute low ponytail. My mom didn't interfere because she knew that even little kids like to express themselves with their clothes. And I know she has to have been worried, but I applaud her for letting me do my thing. Dressing like a boy did not mean I was gender confused.
As soon as I hit puberty, I wanted to dress in cute baby tees and skirts. I wanted to put on make up and nail polish. I turned out completely normal. Brangelina shouldn't be considered bad parents because they let Shiloh dress like a boy. Whether or not she turns out to be gay, she has a right to dress how she wants. There are tons of parents out there that let their little girls dress like little sl uts. I say put blame where it belongs.

I wore boy clothes and shoes and had short hair. I was outside playing with the boys skateboarding, bicycling, playing "war," and climbing trees. I also enjoyed playing Barbies and dressups with my sister on rainy days when I couldn't go outside. I grew up to marry (a man) and have children of my own. I think Shiloh is fine. The only thing I don't agree with is calling her by a name not her own. She's way too young to be making decisions about a permanent gender change and calling her John is just a little silly.

I have to add...John was one of the Darling children in Peter Pan and if she is obsessed with the lost boys in Peter Pan like Brad claims that could explain why they are calling her John. Think about it people, in the Disney cartoon he was a little boy with short blond hair similar to what Shiloh's is cut like now. AND I have to add that kids are kids and at one time or another some will pretend they are characters from their favorite movies or books and refuse to answer to any name but that one...John explained once again, maybe? Maybe Shiloh woke up one day and said, "I'm not Shiloh, I'm John." and would only respond to them if they called her John. Stranger things have happened.