Why aren't drag queens seen as "problematic" exaggerations of female characteristics by males? When whites exaggerate black characteristics as a costume it's a problem. When abled bodies exaggerate disabled characteristics as a costume it's a problem.
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Neither of those examples were mocking anyone.
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Err exactly. That’s why they’re more like drag than your examples. Some sort of aspirational emulation that might still be viewed as problematic for reasons besides mockery.
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drag is subtly but dramatically mysog look at how guys refer to one another as girls and the context of each incident. It’s not usually their finest moments
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But I would argue not intentionally so. Perhaps as a side effect or subconsciously.
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