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The closest I've seen to traditional religious gender roles outside of that world is drag queen culture, weirdly? I don't mind it - i don't care if you're a drag queen or a housewife - just I wonder if this is evidence for the persistent allure of strong behavioral categories.

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How are they similar?

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Femininity as performance? I know this is sort of vague, I'm trying to work this out. But there's 'markers' of stereotypical femininity - e.g., emotional responses, body language, references to fashion/shopping/makeup, reliance on appearance as primary value

6:08 PM · Apr 6, 2020

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all of which I typically see pushed to an extreme with drag queens. Which, I guess is the point? They're doing a caricature of women so it makes sense. It feels a bit weird tho.

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oh god i think i might be realizing i feel offended by drag queens right now because they're being regressive to women or something, what's happening

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Interesting. I was raised very religious as well and the two seem in very stark contrast to me. One is very loud and the other very quiet.

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Definitely! There are definitely ways in which they're different; it's possible drag queens are actually closer to another subculture of strong gender roles that I'm less familiar with.