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    Warum ist Crossdressing in der polnischen Kultur so beliebt?

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    3. MrKonyPL on

      I would assume it originates in greek theatre where only men could play, so they also played female characters.

    5. psmiord on

      It’s an old Polish form of comedy called „Halyna, ja nie moge, chłop sie za babe przebrał!“

    7. AnalphabeticPenguin on

      Because it’s absurd. Also an easy way to show a female character is an ugly cunt without calling an actual woman ugly.

      In the last it’s a woman that just wants to make it as a taxi driver so a field almost exclusively of men. It’s a story.

    8. Ilikebatterfield4 on

      It was used as others said „haha ‚le funny man dressed as a woman“. I never thought it was that funny, it was annoying at best because the man was usually a stereotypical woman.

    9. Annoying_pirate on

      Maybe it’s just a thing people want to do, if they’re adults they should be able to do want they want without judgment.

    11. cili5 on

      It’s not a Polish-specific type of humour, in Czechia we have a lot of examples of that, too, as do other cultures.

    12. AmonGusSus2137 on

      Because chłop co się za babę przebrał is the peak of Polish humor

    17. Hot-Disaster-9619 on

      Because of the percentage of femboys in Poland. Around 50% males between 19 and 35 years old are femboys. In Wrocław and Poznań it’s 90%.

    18. Oldsoldierbear on

      my Polish father saw a pantomime for the first time in the UK during WWII and was totally bemused that the principal boy was a girl and the ugly sisters were two men

    25. SomeRandomAbbadon on

      It isn’t really Poland specific. 20th century was when gender reafirming surgery was first inveted and legalised. Many western cultures have been making jokes about it to cope with this radical shift in understanding of human body and mind

    26. Axiomancer on

      I will boldly assume that it’s because historically Poland was a very homophobic country that followed very strict social gender rules (Men are supposed to be like this, women like this. And for whatever stupid reason, people perceived men wearing women clothes as homosexuals).

      Somehow crossdressing became a thing in the comedy content, as others have pointed out, „hehe pacz chłop się za babe przebroł“. There could be many reasons for that, but I’m not educated well enough to even attempt to figure it out.

      Unless you mean crossdressing outside massmedia, like in real life then…oh well. That’s completely different story but I’d say it’s because this toxic old school way of thinking is **slowly** being erased and people of all ages can finally feel themselves. After all, clothes has no gender. The only thing that tells us „this is made for women“ is the social rules I mentioned before. Especially among youth you can see a rise in liberal views because people are tired of being limited by some stupid, imaginary rules.

    27. paulchen81 on

      Can anyone tell me what movie is the 4th picture? It is so familiar to me. I think I’ve seen it when I was a child (early 90s).

    28. ZuluGulaCwel on

      First actor was killed in Soviet camp in 1943 after 2 years of imprisonment because Russian orcs claimed he was a spy. Until 1990 it was widely unknown.

    35. Able_One5779 on

      Ukraine has the same traditions, particularly in the wedding celebrations, probably it’s a common eastern European thing.
      It’s not about westerners gender dysphoria things or something but just for gags.

    37. TaiCat on

      I don’t know, being a teen in 00’, it was just funny to see the “what if” when your friends put on a wig or dress, like “omg you look like your sister/mom”. I knew one legit anime style crossdresser (he was a gentle soul) and one “metro” hetero guy (he legit painted his nails). Oh and a few furries out of suit, they were quite fem presenting 

    40. zbigniewcebula on

      It’s not, you just cherry picked moments when people mocked crossdressing.

    41. m64 on

      I would guess it’s because of the first guy you showed – Eugeniusz Bodo. His „Sex appeal“ song was a smash hit before war and it’s still performed to this day – though these days more often by women. His usual brand as an actor was that of a handsome, manly man, so the whole style of it being painfully obvious that it’s a man, yet all the characters playing it straight, is also his influence.

      (and on a more practical note, comedy troupes in Poland were and still often are all male – so dressing one up is easier than finding a woman)

    46. FlashyAd6434 on

      The stronger the gender roles the more productive it is for artists to break them.

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