[gloryblaze]

... Drag has its roots in the blackface minstrel shows of the 1800’s, with exaggerated depictions of what black people are like. The male actors began also dressing up as women in blackface, and at the turn of the century dropped the black part of it....

This is the first I've heard of that angle! Maybe that will gain some traction, since nothing else seems to, even in the face of what looks to me to be an obvious utter travesty.

[mongrel]

Caution on the links.

https://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/04/30/in-metoo-we-need-to-call-out-gay-mens-misogyny-as-well/
“It is undeniable that there is a virulent strain of misogyny in mainstream gay male culture...Anyone who has seen a drag performance can’t fail to see that it is, like blackface, a “womanface” parody of the femininity most women feel they have no option but to perform. When women are told that our worth lies in how pleasing we are to men, and when industries exist to manufacture insecurity about our appearance, rejecting femininity can be a daunting step. Men will never understand what it is to exist in this bind, and to too many gay men it is nothing but sport.”

https://clashdaily.com/2018/11/drag-queens-feminine-appreciation-or-female-minstrel-shows/