To each his/her own - I have always thought that the core of drag’s humor is that the performative femininity is *inherently masculine*. I think about drag performers like Bob the Drag Queen or Divine. The core of drag is a (usually) gay man - someone who is often not terribly in touch with his masculine side in a traditional way, often …
To each his/her own - I have always thought that the core of drag’s humor is that the performative femininity is *inherently masculine*. I think about drag performers like Bob the Drag Queen or Divine. The core of drag is a (usually) gay man - someone who is often not terribly in touch with his masculine side in a traditional way, often a bit fey or sissy - liberating his masculine traits by disguising them behind a female persona. This is why drag queens are so often embodying stereotypically male traits - physically and sexually aggressive, disagreeable, lewd, etc. It’s a performance of irony.
Agree with a lot of this. People can be offended by drag queens if they wish, but drag performers never (or perhaps only rarely) intend to demean women. That´s not what it´s about. Those who take it that way just aren´t understanding.
To each his/her own - I have always thought that the core of drag’s humor is that the performative femininity is *inherently masculine*. I think about drag performers like Bob the Drag Queen or Divine. The core of drag is a (usually) gay man - someone who is often not terribly in touch with his masculine side in a traditional way, often a bit fey or sissy - liberating his masculine traits by disguising them behind a female persona. This is why drag queens are so often embodying stereotypically male traits - physically and sexually aggressive, disagreeable, lewd, etc. It’s a performance of irony.
Agree with a lot of this. People can be offended by drag queens if they wish, but drag performers never (or perhaps only rarely) intend to demean women. That´s not what it´s about. Those who take it that way just aren´t understanding.