don't wanna effort-post and let's be crystal clear its a toxic expression of a patriarchal society and wrong
but there's kinds of role-reversal rituals like this in staunchly conservative spaces, where the idea of pretending to be in perceived weaker roles reinforces the power structure. its funny playtime because actual reversals of power are unimaginable and unnatural. the peasant sits on the throne, the man dresses as a woman, but when the festival is over they go back and hang peasants and beat their wives.
i hope that makes sense? i've read about traditions like this in ancient & medieval societies & im sure alot of us have witnessed fratboys doing drag in nonqueer ways. theres reading for this topic but its buried in yearsold coursework
Yeah I know exactly what you're talking about. By doing a sanctioned, parodic reversal of these structures they reify the structures' power. Iirc Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde touched on the subject though I may be misremembering.
Powderpuff Football is a much more typical version of this in US high schools, where female students play in a football game while football players and other male student athletes dress up as cheerleaders and perform on the sidelines.
don't wanna effort-post and let's be crystal clear its a toxic expression of a patriarchal society and wrong
but there's kinds of role-reversal rituals like this in staunchly conservative spaces, where the idea of pretending to be in perceived weaker roles reinforces the power structure. its funny playtime because actual reversals of power are unimaginable and unnatural. the peasant sits on the throne, the man dresses as a woman, but when the festival is over they go back and hang peasants and beat their wives.
i hope that makes sense? i've read about traditions like this in ancient & medieval societies & im sure alot of us have witnessed fratboys doing drag in nonqueer ways. theres reading for this topic but its buried in yearsold coursework
The problem isn't the crossdressing. It's the adult-minor grinding.
yes. im attempting to give people context for why this was considered acceptable
In ancient Rome they used to have holidays like this where the slaves and masters would switch roles. They also had traditions of, uhh, ephibophilia.
yes. its almost as if systems of sexual oppression aren't great for kids?
pedo shit is going on, its widely acknowledged in the thread sorry my pointing out of something else to consider didn't adequately highlight that
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Yeah I know exactly what you're talking about. By doing a sanctioned, parodic reversal of these structures they reify the structures' power. Iirc Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde touched on the subject though I may be misremembering.
Powderpuff Football is a much more typical version of this in US high schools, where female students play in a football game while football players and other male student athletes dress up as cheerleaders and perform on the sidelines.
yes!!!