Femininity as Performance Art: the Social Justice™ 'Womanface' Moral Dilemma

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An apparently deeply psychologically unstable man named Dylan Mulvaney has gotten ultra-internet famous dressing up in “womanface” (performative womanhood) and playing the role of a cartoonishly ditzy ’50s-era damsel in distress.

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He explicitly brands himself not as a “woman” but as a “girl,” adding a strange pedophilic element to his performance.

Dylan recently sat down with David Lopez, a self-described “gender-fluid hottie” for a podcast called “The Beauty Of… Girlhood.” These are two grown men (one of whom has a beard) discussing their experiences as girls. The whole vibe is so viscerally unnerving that it’s impossible to believe the cringe isn’t intentional.

“While I never felt I was born in the wrong body, I always related with and understood femininity in a way that felt like something I could wear more comfortably than masculinity,” David explains (emphasis mine).

(Mulvaney was literally a failing actor before capitalizing on his gender transition.)

The obvious theatrical element at play here has led many to speculate that — just like the Canadian teacher conducting class in elephant-sized prosthetic breasts — Dylan may be trolling. Because earnest transgenders are often so absurd themselves, it’s impossible to separate the satirical from the sincere.

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If it is all a satirical endeavor, then it’s obviously a job well done. The only issue here is the glaring double standard that the left employs when it comes to cosplaying various identities.

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For some inexplicable reason, (poorly) imitating femininity is totally kosher, yet tinkering with transracialism is some major faux pas worthy of condemnation.

A pure-bred white woman, Rachel Dolezal, also an NAACP chapter president, did essentially the same thing as Dylan — namely, modifying her outer appearance to achieve a social identity transformation — but with a considerably different reception from the left.

She spray-tanned herself into oblivion, got a perm, and started a whole new life as an empowered black woman.

The basic criticism of Dolezal is that she committed appropriation of her adopted culture (African-American) with only a surface-level understanding of, or appreciation for, the sociocultural milieu from which it came — all for personal gain and self-aggrandization.

She adopted all the fun, hip stuff of the identity and ignored the painful marginalization that fostered and enriched that identity through struggle and perseverance.

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So… what’s the essential difference between Mulvaney and Dolezal? You’d have to ask a women’s and gender studies scholar to get the convoluted answer. Before you do, just remember that asking questions is what white supremacist transphobe domestic terrorists do.

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