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The Queer theory consists of sex, gender and desire. The theory was introduced by Judith Bulter along with four other members. One of the main key ideas within this theory is identity should not be seen as free-floating but rather as a performance.
Feminism
Feminism as discussed in Judith Butler’s book, Gender Troubles, has established an omnipresent status which overpowers the continuity of patriarchy. This has encouraged all genders to question, ‘What is ordinary?’
Butler's theory teaches us that gender is performative which means we are not just acting it like in a performance but rather actively constructing it as we act it out. If we refuse to perform our gender script then gender will cease to exist.
Butlers theory suggests gender is non-verbal, not stable or coherent. She suggests that gender means to copy what is expected for each gender, but no person actually inhabits any particular gender.
Gender has become a difficult discussion amongst peers which often resorts to what society has influenced majorly according to the mannerisms of and individual which define them as either masculine, feminine or Inter sex.
Judith Butler has chosen to challenge the authoritative understandings of the connections between sex and gender so that gender is considered as a natural process. This is considered the way in which we view our bodies, externally and how we portray ourselves.
She suggests that gender is not voluntary, but pre-programmed. Gender cannot be chosen on a daily basis. For example, one cannot decide you would like to be a particular gender one morning and another the next. Performativity has everything to do with repetition.
This is a repetition of acts, defining each gender. Society creates gender roles which are meant to be behavior appropriate norms for each gender.
Madonna is one media icon who can be seen to have brought queer theory to the masses.
Judith Butler has said gender should be seen as a fluid variable which shifts and changes in different ways and at different times which means gender is what a person makes it to be. One does not have to follow social constructs that tell you what or how men and women should act.
Its all the repetitions of traits from the environments you’re surrounded in. These habits are settled from a tender age from your family and peers which we consider “normal”.
An American philosopher,
Gender Theorist, played an influential role in shaping modern feminism.
Well known for her book "Gender Trouble"
Society assumes that the moment a newborn is a girl, it is expected for that girl to act like it's gender, for the girl to like dresses, barbies and make- up. There is ample evidence of girls liking sports and boys liking make-up.
Gender is the product of actions and behaviors that is performance. Everyday actions, gestures , dress codes and behaviors as well as certain prohibitions all work to produce what is perceived as an essential masculine of feminine identity.
Gendered cultural identity is considered an achievement for the fact that women and men can say they feel like a women or a man. Sexual desire is caused by males and females performing gender. Gender is not who one is but what one performs at particular times.
Gender performance can be done in numerous ways but can be changed by choosing to be different and not following social constructs about being masculine or feminine. In our society the act of gender is seen as power. Gender is socially developed and sex is natural, we’re born with it.