I'm a 10 y.o boy And I started sneaking stuffing and wearing my 16 y.o. sisters bras at age 9. I just like very much how they feel under my shirt. I don't know why but it is to the point I almost feel naked, Well different if im not wearing a bra. Some of the comments help explain it a little. Im not gay or trans. I like girls, I just love wearing bras too.
Maybe we are looking at this thing backwards. You assume he would like to be wearing a bra. Isn't it also possible that putting on the bra makes him fantasize about the girls who wear them?
Sounds like he just developed a fetish. Usually they are developed at a very very early age for boys (girls rarely develop fetishes). They find items that belong to their moms, like bras, panty hose, etc, and they relate it with feminism. Which later on turns into a form of arousal for them. This won't be a problem for you, but it might be a problem with his girlfriends when they find that he is more aroused by their bras than by them.
To be honest... I've been doing that since around that age... I'm 18 now I don't understand it my self... I'm not gay, I love women... I do not want to give up my manhood to corrective surgery (although I have weird dreams from time to time). You have 2 options, let it go and love him anyway... Or crush his possible fantasies and try to stop it... When my parents asked me about it all I wanted to do was cower in my room cause I still, even now, don't understand it either...
Also boys think it is howlingly funny to stuff their tops with huge boobs. I can still see one of my young grandsons cavorting around the living room with two balloons stuffed into his t-shirt. All the kids thought he was a riot. (I did too.)
But have you noticed that girls don't play at being boys?
I definitely do not think he's gay, he's very girl crazy. And I agree that the bra obsession is more about women who wear them and not that he wants to dress as a woman. I think I watch too much true crime TV about serial rapists, lol. Thanks for all the input
Maybe he has sexual identity problems? If you ever read about stories of when gay people found out they were gay, or when transsexuals knew they wanted to change gender... They usually say, all their lives, or during very early puberty.
A factor, but unlikely since you found him with a young girl.
I was very sexual as a child... And I'm not a rapist :P
Thanks everyone, I appreciate your input! I did not mean to imply that this has been ongoing for 7 years, I should have said it started 7 years ago. Two things I thought of after posting that are relevent to the situation... The first is that when he was about 7, I walked in on him and a neighbor girl, pants around their ankles. They both jumped up as fast as they could and pulled their pants up. I told them both that they were too young to be touching each other there and I sent the little girl home. I made it clear that it was not appropriate but I also dropped the subject and never brought it up again. The second thing is that about a month or two ago, I went to look for a picture on my phone, the first thing I came to was a video that he had made of himself. He was in his room by himself, but he was acting as though he was talking to a girl that he likes that's in his class. At first it was just his face, then he pointed the camera to his crotch area, pulled down his shorts and exposed himself, all the while still "talking" to this girl, saying something like "hump on this". Naturally, I was mortified. No mother wants to see her son doing or saying anything sexual, at least I don't. I had a talk with him about it. I told him that again, he is too young to be concerned with sex, that he needs to concentrate on school, sports, and having fun with his friends. I told him there was plenty of time for that later when he is an adult and mature enough to handle a sexual relationship. I also told him that he should never disprespect any girl by doing or saying anything inappropriate to her. As far as my relationship with him goes, we are very close, he is not ashamed of his body and will stand naked in front of me with no problem. It's very important to me that he feels comfortable with me and that he can tell me anything and should never be embarrassed. I grew up Catholic, sex talk was forbidden and taboo, the naked body was something that should never be seen, I will NOT raise my son that way. I know that it could be much worse, but I guess deep down my fear is that he will grow into a sexually deviant adult and end up on the sex offender registry. I might just be paranoid, but maybe I'm not. He seems overly preoccupied with sex for his age. But then again I only have my one other son as a comparison. I guess I will just continue to love him and do my best with him, its all I can do.
My son isn't at this age yet, so I can only tell you how I think I would handle it. First I would ensure that nothing is said or done to make him feel like this is bad or wrong. I think when children feel ashamed it just makes them close up and of course impacts self esteem. I would keep the conversation very matter of fact and casual and the dialogue open. Encourage him to talk about it without pushing him on it. It could very well just be normal curiosity as boy's underwear is different then girls, and he is interested in the why's.
I don't believe it would be anything I would be overly concerned about. For me, this would not be a sign of anything negative. And as the poster above said, there are certainly worse things. I would discuss with him the need to keep this private (or he is being set up for a whole lot of bullying with friends and school mates) and something he should only do at home. Other then that, just keep the communication as open as possible and let him know it's not bad.
They say many aspects of one's sexuality are in place at an early age, sometimes as early as 4 and 5 years. I remember being fascinated with feet at three, and at 45 I still have a healthy foot fetish that I happen to enjoy very much! It seems your son has a thing for women's underwear, bras anyway. There are worse things in life, and there is absolutely nothing anyone can do about it.
Well, my first thought is that this has not been happening for the last 7 years. I think it is much more likely that its more of an 11 year old boy thing. He is at the age where this happens, and it may be that he is into puberty. I don't think its that abnormal, but how to deal with it.
Really depends on your relationship with him. And I hope other posters (women) chime in on this.
You could just ignore it - and wait till something bigger happens (hopefully it won't). You could just say that, " hey, I don't touch your stuff - you don't touch mine"
But, I am kind of thinking that he is trying to deal with puberty and the girls at his grade level and I am honestly not sure how to handle this cause it all depends on your relationship with him.
Will be curious to hear what others post - but I think I just would ignore it and really work on just establishing a really good non judgmental vocal relationship (ya, I know its hard with boys- do you ever read Zits in the comics?). Hope this helps!