No, drag shows are not the same as strip shows, as former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker claims.
By D.L. Davis • January 10, 2023
Walker’s claim also hints at another argument made repeatedly by opponents of drag shows: that the performers are in a way"grooming" children. "Perpetrators of the false rhetoric can then cast themselves as saviors of children and try to frame anyone who disagrees – a political opponent, for example – as taking the side of child abusers," the article said.
, to strip is to"take off clothes" or"to remove one’s clothes gradually piece by piece in a seductive or provocative manner especially to the accompaniment of music."
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