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Is it offensive for me as a man to dress as a male version of a female fictional character for Halloween?'

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ccunning@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Rule of thumb:

    • are you making fun or otherwise mocking someone?
    • are you doing it for any “bad reason” whatsoever?
    • are you doing something that is/was primarily done by others for “bad reasons”, historically?
    • are you doing something that other groups started doing as a replacement for something else that they were not allowed to (that you are)?

    I’m half asleep so I may have forgotten something but if I didn’t, then answering No to all of those should be the minimum thing you do.

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  • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think as long as you’re not in blackface you can wear whatever the hell you want

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    • friendlymessage@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m pretty sure there are other exceptions

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        My sexy Adolf Hitler got a great reception tonight.

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  • neidu2@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    With all the Bowsettes last year, I’m tempted to say no in the name of equality.

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    • Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh god was that only last year??

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      • neidu2@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not sure honestly. It may have been the year before. Or even earlier. Or maybe I’m just slow at noticing popular media trends. As you can see, I’m doing great at growing old.

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      • P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, it was 5 years ago last week, actually.

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  • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People love the genderbending of characters. Go nuts.

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  • Orbituary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why would it be? Here is me and my ex on Halloween 2020. I was Lydia, she was Beetlejuice.

    i.imgur.com/16EKIWR.jpeg

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    • Barzaria@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      These are cute costumes!

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    • rishado@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You guys both look awesome

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  • tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, cosplayers do that all the time

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  • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A boy at my kids preschool wanted to be Anna from Frozen. His parents dressed him as Anna. I don’t think they went out of their way to feminize him - he had no wig, for example. But he was in a dress, because that’s what Anna wears. Was he a “male version of Anna?” No. Was he going as a female? No. He was just the character. Similarly, if a little girl puts on an iron man suit, is she a “female iron man?” No.

    So when you say “a male version of a character” I hear that you are not just going as a character who happens to be the other gender but you are putting a specific twist on that character. There’s nothing wrong with that necessarily. But it could definitely go wrong depending on the character and how you handle it. We’d just need more information. It’s one of those things that doesn’t have bright line rules. Like all issues of content offensiveness.

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  • infinite_ass@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s called “genderful appropriation”. I just invented it. All the cool people will be getting offended by it really soon.

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    • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m not cool and I’m fucking furious you excluded me

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      • Bgugi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But more importantly, I’m furious that infinite excluded hugh

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  • Boomkop3@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Go for it! Those offended are not your target audience

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  • orcrist@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have a question for you that needs answering first. Offensive to whom?

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    • ccunning@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Let’s say “marginalized groups”…

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  • iii@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Be whomever you want to be

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  • theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No.

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  • Barzaria@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What’s the costume? I’ll tell you real quick if it’s offensive. Go for it.

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  • DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No

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  • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, assuming the gender bend is respectful.

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  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I dont think so, nor do I care. Black people dress up as white characters all the time, I consider it the same. Dressing up as a character means that character means something to you, so I dont see where anyone should be offended by it.

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    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why make it about race?

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      • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        In case someone reading had a similar question about race. Why do you care, do people of different races bother you?

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  • njordomir@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I can’t see a problem with fictional characters. It’s when you bring in the real people that the drama starts. Trans JK Rowling, KaMANla Harris, Hillbilly Eilish, and Marjory Taylor Peen all seem like they would raise a few eyebrows.

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    • Lauchs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ha, never heard or thought of trans Rowling but if I knew Harry Potter better I’d be damned tempted.

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      • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s Hannah Potter now.

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    • Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      For the record these would all be hilarious, ESPECIALLY Rowling

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  • GraniteM@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m just having a hard time imagining a scenario in which it would be offensive…

    Plenty where it would be a little confusing. Sandra Dude O’Connor, or Susan Bro Anthony would take some explaining, at the least.

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  • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No?

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  • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    To whom could it be offensive?

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  • Etterra@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I personally think all gender flip characters are dumb, in either direction, personally. But here’s the thing; it doesn’t matter what I think. Do whatever the hell you want.

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  • mortimer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is it Wonder Man?

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  • ultrahamster64@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No

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