>>117021730Not any more obviously, you're not allowed. But entirely tongue-in-cheek drag acts were extremely common only a couple decades back. Just look how often the people in British comedies like the entire crew of Monty Python appears in women's clothing, and how often its used for comedic effect by juxtaposing the male form with the female attire.
As for the pictures of soldiers, since there were no women in the scorching deserts of El Alamein the guys dressed up and did some songs and dances to life morale. Because a man in a dress is inherently laughable and ridiculous (and still is), but these days you're not allowed to laugh or point it out. It was also not something unique to the German army, although their general view of women as fundamentally different to men likely made the idea of dressing as one all the more humorous to them.
Dressing a guy up as a woman was also an entirely normal part of both hazing rituals and bachelor fun until very recently, again because putting a man in a dress is completely ridiculous and thus funny to everyone. A man pretending to be a woman has been an easy way to get laughs all the way back to antiquity because the idea of something so unfeminine, brutish and naturally aggressive as a man mimicking the mannerisms of a woman was considered instant comedy due to the sheer absurdity of it.
