Judith Butler is talking about how humans are defined by their gender and their gender roles. An individuals’ culture plays a large role in the way gender roles are defined and how gender is assigned. Humans in a way “perform” their roles throughout life and carry that performance around with them. An example of this is the conversations I have with my grandma every single day. In my Russian jewish culture the role of a women is to get married, have many babies, and cook dinner every night. What my grandma does not know is how much gender roles have changed over the years.