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It’s more that they do what drag typically mocks - that kind of hyper performance of feminine conformity. Classic drag has always been mocking the way that conservative women perform gender roles.
It’s supposed to look like they got work done, because it reflects their commitment to the idea that women should be always performing “woman.” Women are meant to be looked at by powerful men, and they are acceding to that understanding.
Again, I agree with you, you basically repeated and expanded on the point of the person I replied to. Like what you're giving me is a good anthropological analysis.
But if you asked these women why/how they got to this point they would not say "well I'm just commiting to my performance of being a woman to appease the male gaze"
For one thing, most of them probably still hold agency to themselves despite the fact that it seems clear they are doing this to appease men. They would most likely have explanations for all their changes and who/what influenced them.
A terrifying probability is that these women literally get told by their spouses/others that if they don't get these specific surgeries they won't be able to do something. If it's that then I would like to know who specifically tells them this and what they tell them.