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Women’s studies is a very broad subject, attempting to make the world a better place, and confronting differences among women and the intersectionality of gender, race, class, and sexuality. In Drag Queens - When Women’s Studies Isn’t about Women: Writing about Drag Queens by Leila J. Rupp, Rupp explained her journey and discoveries as she interactively studied drag queens to expand her knowledge in her field of study. Leila J. Rupp is a professor and chair of the Women’s Studies Program at the University of California and her current work focuses on sexuality and women’s movements. During her research, she learned how drag queens are an essential part of women’s studies, that drag queens are a gender category of its own and how it relates to the category of gender, and that drag queens allow their audience to be more open minded about the complex social construction of both gender and sexuality. Although studying drag queens mean studying men, the …show more content…

This is due to drag queens not being masculine or feminine in any conventional sense, just simply “drag-queenish.” The drag queen category relates to the category of gender, because drag queens bend and blend gender. Rupp described the drag queen performances to be a “performance of protest”, indicating that drag queens go against social norms to educate the audience and open their minds on the concept of gender. Rupp also explained in her article that drag queens performances are done as an “intentional way of building community among gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people, therefore is relating to the category of gender. Additionally, in Rupp’s article, Kylie, a drag queen, explained that the drag queens intend to “trouble gender, sexuality, and even bodies.” By troubling gender, sexuality and bodies, they are going against societal norms and attempting to modify how people view gender, sexuality and

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