Things That Are More Authentic Than A Girl In Uniform
Now, it’s a well-known fact that one of my gripes with the reenacting hobby is the misogyny that is often so prevalent. I know that it varies from unit to unit, period to period, and location to location, but every reenactor I have met has agreed that it’s a general problem within the hobby as a whole.
One of the aspects of this that annoys me the most is the idea that one of the most farby, inauthentic things a unit can do is to put a woman in a man’s uniform and role. It seems to be one of those things that will “torpedo” a unit’s reputation no matter how authentic they are otherwise. However, today I will not be talking about that, what I want to talk about is the fact that many women get turned away from units that are already farby, on the basis that putting a woman in a uniform is farby.
Based on my own experiences and those I have collected from other female reenactors, here is a list of things that are, apparently, less offensively inauthentic than a woman in a uniform:
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