This is child abuse.
I'm not sure about that.
I went to a Catholic Parochial grade school. Taught by Sisters of Mercy. Class sizes were about 46.
Children in my kindergarten class were in my 8th grade graduation class. IOW, we grew up together.
We started to notice in 5th grade, the guys that were effeminate.
Recall one boy who was mocked all the time in the gym. He refused to stand up for himself, instead laughing along, hoping they'd get bored and move on.
If he and I would have been exposed to the existence of...I'll call it 'cross-wired' sexuality at age 5, maybe his life wouldn't have been so cruel. Maybe he could have been tested?
I don't know.
But today, I feel a level of guilt he was treated and shunned on the playground.