“I guess my wonderful family, and a couple good neighbor friends, helped me through. “
That is the critical piece that kids need growing up. A young man who watches a childlike show about a pony; would lovingly be corrected and directed away from it; and directed to become a man instead.
I just don’t think the premise “watching girl-like shows is OK for men” is true. Not that big a deal.
I was just generally picked on and mocked and excluded, and I am a girl.