Giving an Account of One’s Self allows Judith Butler to provide the reader with insight to themselves by letting them know that no one truly know who they are or what they want to do outside of the social barriers set for them from birth. From the moment a baby emerges from its mother’s wound its likely path in life is determined upon reveal of gender. Growing up as a girl and growing up as a boy differ in so many ways and the outcomes of their lives can be considered predictable in that the male will go to school, get a well paying job, and take care of the family and household whereas females will go to school but learn the essentials of up keeping a home and family. She will go through life with the sole purpose of being the ideal counterpart for the male. This, among other examples, is an example of my derived meaning of gender performance baed on the reading. As humans we are seemingly programmed to perform in society in the ways deemed “acceptable” by the larger population in accordance to our gender. Butler disagrees with this notion that gender dictates how one will behave in society and one should identify with whatever label or classification makes them most comfortable as well as behave in a way that makes them feel most comfortable.