CS100 Study Guide - Transvestism, Derealization, Social Construction Of Gender
3 Aug 2014
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To be clear from the start, the term drag has no correlation with transvestitism, and drag queens (majority of anyway) have no interest in surgical alterations to become that of the opposite gender. Who they are on stage is dramatically altered for public viewing from the essence of who they are off of it. Butler and hopkins" articles, one problem is very clear to me. Drag does not do so, and thus they petition against what should be and create way for what can be. First off, i want to say that i have seen a drag show before, and the alterations that go into someone"s appearance to become the presence they act out on stage is lengthy. It is hard to believe that they are even the same person, and so it is easy to believe that they are not. Butler lightly touches on this idea of de-realization, and so i wish to expand on it.
