- most known for her book gender trouble
- which develops the theory of gender performativity
What is gender?
- a {set of expectations} that society defines for you.
- that woman and men are supposed to act and walk and dress a certain way.
- society assumes that gender roles like these.
As a result of biology there is an assumption that if you are born female you will be a woman and you will be attracted to men.
But is gender really neutral?
- Butler say 'no'
- "gender is the repeated stylisation of the body, a set of repeated acts within a highly rigid regulatory frame that congeal over time to produce the appearance of substance".
- she believes gender roles are constructed by society.
- masculinity and femininity are not inherent.
- it is excepted and compelled to act like its gender.
Gender is a cultural meaning we attach to our biological sex which isn't true.
It is just that culture coerces you to conduct that gender performance.
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