Why Was Crossdressing Illegal?

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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG Clothing is ultimately just fabric designed to cover our bodies. So why was it illegal for women to wear men’s clothing and for men to wear women’s clothing? And why is it still illegal in some parts of the world? Written and Hosted By: Danielle Bainbridge Graphics By: Noelle Smith Edited By: Mike Petrow Fact Check: Sarah Edwards Produced By: Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com) Works Cited https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/behind-frances-burka-ban https://www.bustle.com/articles/112732-11-badass-women-in-history-who-pretended-to-be-men-because-gender-equality-back-then-was https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/arresting-dress-timeline-anti-cross-dressing-laws-u-s https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/books/2015/03/12/tbt-when-cross-dressing-was-crime https://www.vintag.es/2017/09/when-cross-dressing-was-criminal.html https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/eeb9/fbbe5230cee13162de97a94f7217e45ff812.pdf https://muse.jhu.edu/article/629673/summary https://www.history.com/news/the-extraordinary-secret-life-of-dr-james-barry https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/5-countries-with-the-strictest-dress-codes/ http://www.businessinsider.com/countries-extremely-strict-dress-codes-2016-1#saudi-arabia-bare-skin-for-women-cross-dressing-for-men-3 https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2016/08/31/a-short-history-of-regulating-female-dress/#1876110258f1 http

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