Their jokes about assigning gender to babies and to being transgender, dressing in drag, like all of it was a send-up.

Sure, they did punch down if you were a person who were in those groups, but the fact that it was large enough social event to be relevant enough to be a comedy skit on a television show or a movie seen by millions implies that there were some serious things going on back then that they could see and wanted to address.

What the hell was going on that put all of those things in their mind?

  • CrolishGrandma@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    This just proves the point.

    While World War I is a valid alternative argument, the suffering of women has been a constant throughout history. Why didn’t no-fault divorce emerge after the enlightenment, or even around the year 1000? It was already a burden back then. The reason it exists today is because of World War II.