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My daughter just went to a Drag(on) party (sp???):

literally a pre-wedding party for two guys (and there was a stage drag theater contest).
My questions (being an old guy trying to fit into a new world)

1. Is it husband and wife or husband and husband (wife and wife for lesbians)?
2. Why do people do drag? and why don't they dress that way all the time if they like doing it so much?
3. I knew a 'flaming homo' in Toronto (did not know him well enough to ask questions like this): why do some guys act straight and some so feminine to outright flaming in yo' face?

Will probably remember some other questions later... does anyone have a primer?

Honestly asking.... this is all new to the guy who grew up (small town) saying "Ha...you're a homo!" without really knowing what that meant (when told about a 'circle jerk' i wondered why a bunch of guys would want to do that while thinking about women, lol).

Let the flaming begin!

**A side thought:
In the future there WILL be sex bots:
.....there will also be 'child sex bots' (and will/can child sex bots be made illegal?)... thinking about this is kind of disturbing, but i know it IS coming, sooner or later.
    Will something like that take care of a pedo's needs or lead to something worse?

If you had a fully functioning sex-bot that looks/feels real with wonderful AI, would you consider never having a relationship (such as marriage) again or just stick with sex-bot?
If my wife died and i had a bot/AI that was acceptable, i might just stick with it, methinks.

Damn, my mind is going tonight!

 

Reply to: Re:Some Answers

    (Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Monday August 27 2018, @02:21AM

    by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Monday August 27 2018, @02:21AM (#726772)

    The problem is that as my subject said, "it's all subjective and relative". There's no set guidelines on how to act, what pronouns to use, etc. And you're looking at a media representation, i.e. a heavily edited "reality" competition TV show. Finally, "she" is being thrown around in the context of drag.

    A Google search for "how to refer to drag" gave me this:

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-bartolomei/drag-and-pronouns_b_3384512.html [huffingtonpost.com]

    ^ I couldn't even tell you if the above is accurate, and it doesn't entirely address your question.

    Probably the easiest solution is to just use "partner" instead of husband or wife. Or use your best judgment and pick up on the cues you hear.

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