[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I agree with this a a general point.

But not seeing how drag necessarily means this is sexual. If the choreography was like burlesque or whatever then yeah, but given the other teachers OKed it I doubt it was.

I also kind of see where parmnion is coming from as I recall this conversation on here before and actually being referred to as 'womanface', and I did actually agree that drag was kind of sexist until; that convo, as I was of the opinion that all drag was parodying and taking the piss out of women, like the only drag acts I had seen up until that stage.

This kid has drag as a hobby, its not really that different to dancing or something. Except its done in makeup and 'womens clothes' (though arguably what on earth are 'womens clothes' to start with. Stereotypes, not absolute.)

I can see no issue here at all. Though I DO have a bit of an issue with that drag queen who is 8, Lacatiaia or something hes called. I find that creepy and definitely a thing pushed on him by his parents at that age. And from what I have seen of him, very sexual also. Which should ring alarm bells in a child that age.

I disagree tbh, I don't think the act of drag is demeaning. It's not intended to mock women especially considering that women can also be drag queens as well. It's less to do with demeaning women and more to do with becoming someone else for a while and embodying someone larger than life.

Blackface was created to enforce stereotypes and to make black people seem less worthy of being equal.