LBJ Had it right over 60 years ago

[ShazzieB]

6. Nail, meet hammer.

And drag is really scary because there are people who are actually men with actual penises who are dressing up as women, which is bad because women are weak and inferior and why would a man pretend to be one, even as a night club act?

You hit the nail on the head here. In fact, you hit a couple of nails. Because if men who dress up as women are scary, what's even scarier? A "man" who wants to be one of those weak, inferior women!

The same people who are in a tizzy about gender boundaries never talk about trans men or women who wear masculine clothing and hairstyles. That's because women who violate gender "norms" just don't upset them in the same way. For example, I'm a cis female who does not wear makeup or paint my nails, keeps my hair cut very short, wears jeans most of the time, and does not own a single pair of shoes with high heels. While most would agree I'm not the epitome of society's ideal standards for feminity, NO ONE CARES. But let an amab person violate any of society's "rules" for masculinity and watch people lose their sh1t! If misogyny isn't at the bottom of that double standard, I'll eat the tablet I'm typing this on.