my favorite thing about klinger as a character is that he is so respectful of the women's clothing and women's spaces he inhabits in his efforts to get the section 8 by dressing like a women. sure, the whole thing is played for a bit of a giggle, and he's very clear that he's fully straight and masculine, but despite this he's respectful of it. or the show is respectful of it - the efforts women put into looking nice that a man usually would not even consider, and even often make fun of and downplay.
in the ceasefire episode he's selling off his dresses to the nurses and giving them coordination tips and gives the one nurse a pair of matching shoes for free. he does all the little things in the background like curlers and hair scarves and filing/painting his nails, wearing the right styles/lengths for the right occasions, talks about wearing the right kinds of underthings/slips. and because it's played as completely straight, as a "get me out of here" plot bit, it becomes an inversion of the "high maintenance woman" trope that shines a bit on how much thoughtfulness and work really goes into appearing beautiful. and it doesn't use klinger to disrespect any of these rituals, but rather shows him participating in them fully with his whole heart... even if he's just trying to get out of the army.
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