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Is drag blackface for women?

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heateallthebuns · 06/11/2017 16:01

I feel a bit like it is. I see Mary Cheney compared the two. As drag artists exaggerate negative female stereotypes in their performances. This view has been criticised as blackface was more widespread, and, white men were in the power position impersonating men while drag performers are a minority themselves.... but does one minority impersonating another make it ok? Would bkackface have been ok if it was more limited historically? I don't think so. I am beginning to feel uncomfortable with drag, as a woman.

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GuardianLions · 06/11/2017 16:32

I've always found it uncomfortable. It just feels like women are being mocked and I am supposed to laugh along with the joke. Except the joke is on me... Sad

busyboysmum · 06/11/2017 16:27

I feel very offended when I see a man buy himself a pair of female breasts and then use them in a sexualized way. That's how I feel. I don't like it.

I was trawling Twitter last night and there are men who dress as women on there with breasts but still a penis. Posting pictures of themselves in the shower etc. Or in a dress posing in a sexy way with the penis hanging out.

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