Fascinating. I suspected a lot of what was going on was sexual fetishism but never heard it described that way until now (and very well, I might add). I also wasn't aware that many Drag Queens are hetero. The critical gender literature I read in university (well, back in the 1990s so I go back a long way) represented them always as gay m…
Fascinating. I suspected a lot of what was going on was sexual fetishism but never heard it described that way until now (and very well, I might add). I also wasn't aware that many Drag Queens are hetero. The critical gender literature I read in university (well, back in the 1990s so I go back a long way) represented them always as gay men. (So do films like "The Birdcage"). So yes, the whole thing reeks of misogyny, sexual fetishism - and with this latest business of "performing" for children, pedophilia. Thanks for the link. I'll read it.
Fascinating. I suspected a lot of what was going on was sexual fetishism but never heard it described that way until now (and very well, I might add). I also wasn't aware that many Drag Queens are hetero. The critical gender literature I read in university (well, back in the 1990s so I go back a long way) represented them always as gay men. (So do films like "The Birdcage"). So yes, the whole thing reeks of misogyny, sexual fetishism - and with this latest business of "performing" for children, pedophilia. Thanks for the link. I'll read it.