On Boy Actors in Female Roles

In Lisa Jardine's, "On Boy Actors in Female Roles", portrayed that the female parts in plays were taken by young male actors. It was universal and a commonplace. But some people opposed because of moral uneasiness. Dr. John Rainoldes stated, "The appareil of wemem is a great provocation of men to lust and leacherie." He is saying that if women performed on stage, it will cause men to lust after them. He also states, "A woman's garment being put on a man doeth vehemently touch and moue him with the remembrance and imagination of a thing desirable doth stirr up the desire." What he means by this is that if you put a boy in female clothes, the desire and lust won't be there. According to Rainoldes, misdirection toward the boy dressed in females clothes will cause male prostitution and perverted sexual activity.