Theorist: Judith Butler
Gender: A person identification (Based on social characteristics)
Sexuality: Emotional, romantic or sexual attraction
Sex: The anatomy of an individuals reproductive system
Key concept: Gender as performance
Judith Butler identifies that gender is nothing more than performance
our gender performance is fluid and changes in different contexts and different times
"Their is no gender identify behind the expressions of gender identity: ... identity is performatively constituted by the very expressions which are said to be its results"
Key concept: Social Construction-ism
Peoples personality and behavior are shaped by society and culture, they can adapt and change.
"Understand gender as a relation among socially constituted subjects in specifiable contexts"
Key term: Subversive performances
Subvert: To go against something established or to undermine the authority of something
Nothing about gender is premeditated, it is mainly patterns
Key term: Androgynous
Neither clearly masculine, nor clearly feminine in appearance, for instance: Prince, David Bowie and Annie Lennox
Key term: Effeminate
Qualities or characteristics more associated with women than men, for example: Chris Colfer, Gok Wan, Eddie Redmayne
Homework:
"Basically yeah, Butler's Gender Performative theory is... that social patterns repeated over time can effect how a person may present themselves physically or emotionally in their every day lives, if a person does not reciprocate the social patterns they are subverting social normality, this means they do not fit into molds associated with: sex, gender or sexuality, an example of this would be Manny Gutierez/ Jeffree Star/ James Charles or Patrick Starrr, they are all male beauty bloggers and make-up artists that have gender fluid performances and challenge male social constructs.
Sexuality: Emotional, romantic or sexual attraction
Sex: The anatomy of an individuals reproductive system
Key concept: Gender as performance
Judith Butler identifies that gender is nothing more than performance
our gender performance is fluid and changes in different contexts and different times
"Their is no gender identify behind the expressions of gender identity: ... identity is performatively constituted by the very expressions which are said to be its results"
Key concept: Social Construction-ism
Peoples personality and behavior are shaped by society and culture, they can adapt and change.
"Understand gender as a relation among socially constituted subjects in specifiable contexts"
Key term: Subversive performances
Subvert: To go against something established or to undermine the authority of something
Nothing about gender is premeditated, it is mainly patterns
Key term: Androgynous
Neither clearly masculine, nor clearly feminine in appearance, for instance: Prince, David Bowie and Annie Lennox
Key term: Effeminate
Qualities or characteristics more associated with women than men, for example: Chris Colfer, Gok Wan, Eddie Redmayne
Homework:
"Basically yeah, Butler's Gender Performative theory is... that social patterns repeated over time can effect how a person may present themselves physically or emotionally in their every day lives, if a person does not reciprocate the social patterns they are subverting social normality, this means they do not fit into molds associated with: sex, gender or sexuality, an example of this would be Manny Gutierez/ Jeffree Star/ James Charles or Patrick Starrr, they are all male beauty bloggers and make-up artists that have gender fluid performances and challenge male social constructs.
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