AIBU to find drag on mainstream TV disrespectful to women?

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AIBU to think that drag is derogative woman face and unacceptable.

Women are oppressed by men, for example;

• 1 in 4 women will be raped by a man in their lifetime.
• Men generally hold most of the power and wealth, 90% of the ultra-wealthy in the world are men.
• Men are less likely to experience sexual harassment and often have more freedom of movement without fear of violence.
• Men are generally free from unpaid caring roles
• Women are more likely to be objectified by men and valued for their body and youth whereas men are not and this creates a power imbalance.

With this in mind AIBU to think drag on main stream TV such as this 'artist' is totally unacceptable.

He has made fun and a jokes about lactation in grotesque fashion, squeezing cream out of his huge fake tits into a cup and has made fun of pregnancy and wears comedy size 'tits' and 'arse'.

The portrayal of any group's body or bodily functions in a grotesque manner for humour should surely be considered unacceptable, particularly when it mirrors historical patterns of oppression. Shouldn't it?

The link is twitter
Drag Race

For those that don't have twitter I have added some screen shots.

I hate drag so much - I am rarely offended by anything but I find drag so wrong - it’s mimicking a woman, belittling her and representing her as a collection of body parts in a dress rather than half the human race - and without whom the human race would not exist

It depends. What you describe with using cream
to represent breastmilk sounds bad. Pantomime dame, though, is funny. So it really depends on the act.

If Blackface is unacceptable as a grotesque parody of black people then drag is not acceptable as a gross demeaning hyersexualised parody of women.
They are never pleasant charicatures are they? Large breasted, painted faced , vulgar and foul mouthed .

I'm not going to get into the debate (feel free to say it's because I'm hypocritical/not intelligent/oppressed/whatever) but wanted to register my voice here among the overwhelming opposition to say that as a woman and a feminist I do not feel oppressed or mocked by drag, and I enjoy RuPaul's Drag Race. Though like any category of entertainer, some people who do drag are vastly funnier and classier than others.

Can I ask why you enjoy it?

I mean obviously some people do.

and can I ask why woman face is different from blackface?

I enjoy the quick wit, and the cynicism and bitchiness that is clearly very much surface level and actually done in an affectionate way. It speaks a lot to my own sense of humour, the whole affectionate piss-taking thing (which is quite British actually, I think). I'm not a positive, pink-sparkly-bubbles, life's-wonderful sort of person, but I also value kindness and supportiveness. I think all of this is embodied in the show itself. The costumes and makeup for me are very much secondary.

I don't want to get into the whole black face debate. I am not articulate enough. There are some interesting debates about it on Reddit though, with people much more articulate than me on both sides.

I hate drag. It is ridiculous, humourless shite.

I remember on those talent type shows…..Some bloke always gets applauded and fawned all over as if he’s some amazing, innovative creative because he danced in a pair of high heels and caked his face in make-up. It’s so fucking weird.

edited to say, I’m not offended by drag. I just think it’s not remotely entertaining, nor funny.

This.

my Question was about the woman face though.
you haven’t addressed that at all.

Not true. Calling out misogyny is not misandry.

I have seen misandrist threads on MN and I always challenge them.

This is not one of them.

did you watch the video in the OP

Yes. It's fucking vile.

This!