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Baroana -> RE: Role "Reversal" (8/29/2012 5:11:22 PM)
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ORIGINAL: RedMagic1
That's a great post, Baroana. To add my two cents:
I think your examples are targeted to USA puritanical attitudes. Men wearing drag in the UK don't have the same taboo as here, perhaps because of the history of all-boys' schools in the UK, and someone needed to play the female parts in the school plays. Whatever the reason, drag queen seems like a much more respected job on that side of the pond, and playing crying games over there is less likely to get you killed.
Similarly, men in drag seems more humorous than disgusting in Japan, though both Japan and the UK definitely have issues about the status of women in those countries. The manifestation is different though.
Also, I think a woman in the US who wears man's pants, and a man's shirt, and it isn't her boyfriend's shirt, is risking being called a dyke in public. I've certainly seen it happen, in central California (not North Carolina).
I forgot to mention the most egregious example of them all.
How many American men have gotten married and adopted their wives' last names? Not hyphenated, not hybrid, just a straight up trade of his last name for hers.
Talk about a taboo that would make family and friends suck the air out of the room with their collective gasping. I don't think I'd even have the nerve to try such a gambit.
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