03-20-2021, 10:18 AM
One of the main problems is the generic belief that 'alternative sexual desires' are generally seen
as private acts or behaviour that have no reason to be performed in a public arena.
A Drag-Queen is a performance where the (usually) male overtly transforms into a female for reasons
that the public may find suspicious. If the lavishly-dressed person playing out a role of a character who
enjoys the exaggerated attire and make-up, there is a slight relaxation in the public's mind -as long as
such an outrageous display is kept in an adult setting.
Again, if this type of dressing-up is a personal need, then it would be appropriate in a civilised society to
confine this behaviour to a private setting. However, it seems the act of Drag demands it to have an audience
to benefit the performer, which to many, smacks of something akin to validating a personal sexual act in front
of witnesses.
It could be suggested that this kind of cross-dressing is no different from touching oneself on a crowded bus and
enjoying the shock of someone noticing.
Using education of the young as a vehicle to 'normalise' cross-dressing is very dangerous -in my view, because the
original reasons for Drag wasn't to validate transvestite-ism, but merely an outgrowth of the Mummers plays in
early English folklore.
But over all, it's a masking, a hiding of a person beneath another character. This is falsehood and ranges from a
hunter resembling his/her surroundings to get close to prey, to a person playing an exaggerated persona of a clown
to gain favour and adoration from an audience.
If one needs to disguise a belief or idea inside a more generally acceptable perception, it's not an honourable act
of truth-telling or having faith in the original message, it's deception.
Does this kind of betrayal sit well in a education-of-the-young section of society...? I would suggest not, it's akin
to the tactics of the hunter.
as private acts or behaviour that have no reason to be performed in a public arena.
A Drag-Queen is a performance where the (usually) male overtly transforms into a female for reasons
that the public may find suspicious. If the lavishly-dressed person playing out a role of a character who
enjoys the exaggerated attire and make-up, there is a slight relaxation in the public's mind -as long as
such an outrageous display is kept in an adult setting.
Again, if this type of dressing-up is a personal need, then it would be appropriate in a civilised society to
confine this behaviour to a private setting. However, it seems the act of Drag demands it to have an audience
to benefit the performer, which to many, smacks of something akin to validating a personal sexual act in front
of witnesses.
It could be suggested that this kind of cross-dressing is no different from touching oneself on a crowded bus and
enjoying the shock of someone noticing.
Using education of the young as a vehicle to 'normalise' cross-dressing is very dangerous -in my view, because the
original reasons for Drag wasn't to validate transvestite-ism, but merely an outgrowth of the Mummers plays in
early English folklore.
But over all, it's a masking, a hiding of a person beneath another character. This is falsehood and ranges from a
hunter resembling his/her surroundings to get close to prey, to a person playing an exaggerated persona of a clown
to gain favour and adoration from an audience.
If one needs to disguise a belief or idea inside a more generally acceptable perception, it's not an honourable act
of truth-telling or having faith in the original message, it's deception.
Does this kind of betrayal sit well in a education-of-the-young section of society...? I would suggest not, it's akin
to the tactics of the hunter.
Edith Head Gives Good Wardrobe.