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[–]SailorMoon2020 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Drag was created because men thought women were inferior and shouldn't be allowed to participate in theatre,

Why is it this argument is so widely use in this thread? So what? Feminism was created because men thought women were inferior yet it's widely celebrated by many who are LGB. It's what brought to whole "gender is a social construct" into ideology and the main voice behind the TRAs.

Planned Parenthood started out because the founder thought it was in the best interest of black mothers to abort their babies.

BET is a channel that was created because white executives didn't want black music shown on MTV.

Now that black people have rights in America, should the BET channel no longer exist?

Now that black women have better options when it comes to birth control and are less likely to commit abortion compared to other racial counterparts, should Planned Parent hood pack it up?

Because feminism started the whole bs on 'gender is a social construct' and added fuel to the TRA movement, should feminism cease to exist?

A lot of y'all up in here got this idea that just because something started out bad that it must still be bad to this day; therefore, needs to be destroy when its beneficial to y'all. When you live life through the lens of oppression then everything is oppressive. I don't live through that lens. I can see that where there is bad; there is good. I can see that what once started out bad is now good.

Did you know that today in Afghanistan women can now have their names on their child birth certificates? A lot of y'all should grow up and realize what real oppression is. Getting your clitoris chopped off to block you from sexual pleasure which will lead to "promiscuities", is oppression. An Amish woman having to give birth to her brother's baby is oppression. Black women having the highest death toll when giving birth in America because even in 2020 its still being taught in nursing text books that black women have a high pain tolerance. Let me say it louder for those in the back:

IT IS STILL BEING TAUGHT IN NURSING TEXT BOOKS THAT BLACK WOMEN(and men) HAVE HIGH PAIN TOLERANCE.

Having to run away from your job as a domestic worker because domestic workers are literally slaves in one of the richest countries in the world( Saudi Arabia) is oppression.

A man parading around in a dress, doing flamboyant movements, loud make up, singing, dancing, fashion, stand up comedy is not hurting women physically, mentally, nor emotionally. And just because there are a couple of bad incidents with a couple of bad drag queens does not mean all of drag is as such. Grow up, women. Drag is not hurting women. I can understand the trans argument but no one mfing believes that a man in a dress is actually a woman. Most people know and are aware drag is nothing but entertainment for the masses with the sole goal of providing a good laugh, a good cry, or a good dance number.

[–]DifferentAirGC 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Feminism was created because men thought women were inferior yet it's widely celebrated by many who are LGB.

Feminism was created to free women from patriarchy and is celebrated nowadays because women are STILL opressed and fighting for our rights.

A lot of y'all should grow up and realize what real oppression is.

This is the same argument men use when we point the problems women face in western countries. Implying we don't have the right to complain about anything ever because women elsewhere have it worse. No one is saying drag is the most important issue in feminism, GC is against all the things you mentioned, because you know what? People are able to care about more than 1 thing at once! Discussing drag doesn't mean we forget about everything else.

No one believes drags are real women, but drags still pretend to be women (which is why they go by she/her pronouns), and their idea of womanhood is someone who is catty, vain and dresses like a clown.

[–]SailorMoon2020 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

No one believes drags are real women, but drags still pretend to be women (which is why they go by she/her pronouns), and their idea of womanhood is someone who is catty, vain and dresses like a clown

It's called acting, my dear, and no, it is not harmful to women emotionally, physically, or mentally.

(which is why they go by she/her pronouns)

The history behind this is more on relation to African American culture, specifically black women.

and their idea of womanhood is someone who is catty, vain and dresses like a clown

I seriously doubt you've seen all theatre productions from New York to Tokyo, to Beijing to Montreal, from Mexico City to San Juan. If you seriously believe all drag is the above then I'm no better than arguing with someone who believes all cops are this. All women are that. All Jews are this...

[–]hatsofpotato 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Ok, preach!! All of what you're saying all over this thread, alllll of it! Thank you. You get it.