[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

Women have been and still are oppressed in many societies but we don’t make a fuss about men dressing as women. Nothing stereotypical or mocking about drag queens then. That is not only about history but about an unchallenged here and now. I am calling out those that have such blatant double standards.

So continue to explain if you feel the need.

I really don't think drag is comparable to blackface or has anything to do with sexism. First of all women as well as men perform in drag as the opposite sexes (it's just drag queens are far more popular than drag kings... they're still a legitimate thing though), but mainly because for a lot of people drag is an expression of rebellion against gender stereotypes and is therefore liberating for both sexes, it really doesn't have anything at all to do with 'mocking' the other sex, it's about mocking the ways in which society expects those sexes to behave (and I've seen a lot of drag shows and honestly a lot of them don't even try and hide the fact they're a man in a dress with some of the stuff they come out with ), and also there just isn't the historical context to compare it to blackface, it hasn't been used as a repressive thing (quite the opposite), and it's not insulting towards a group of people. You link women being oppressed by men with men dressing up as women but even though it's women being impersonated, it's not women that are the 'targets' of it, which makes it very different.