Butler discusses the radical view of feminists who believe that drag is a homosexual display rooted in misogyny.  She describes the problem with this idea since it not only incorrectly assumes that all cross dressing and drag behavior are male homosexual activities, but points to misogyny as the root cause of this.  Most of the focus then is on explaining this phenomenon in terms of gay men who hate women.  This sort of mind set also attempts to "explain away" lesbianism in terms of "failed heterosexuality."

The homosexual man is labeled a misogynist.  The homosexual female is labeled as merely responding to a bad experience with men. 

Female Drag Photo by Shawna Dempsey