Blog Post 11: Judith Butler – Gender Trouble

Judith Butler talks about therepresentation of feminists, women and gender. Whether it is political, cultural or social, how one represents a gender or speaks on it, is very important. She point out terminology can be either revealing or deceiving. For gender to be a performance, it means that it is not something that is established, rather it is something that is portrayed through performance. That performance is in the way an individual walks, talks, acts or even dresses. By these means, society identifies or try to indetify a gender. It is inscribed in our daily practices and is performed based on social and cultural norms of what represents maculinity or feminity. For example, in one of Butler’s video she recalls someone approached her and asked her if she was a lesbian because I guess she was acting and looking what is considered to be masculine. When Butler answered “yes,” the woman was surprised.

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