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The Social Construction of Gender and Its Expression Through Performance

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According to philosopher Judith Butler, gender is not a stable identity but a repeated performance—our daily acts of dressing, gesturing, and speaking do not express a pre-existing gender, they actively constitute it.

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Have you ever considered that the way you sit, walk, or speak might be rehearsed? If gender is something we do, rather than something we are, then why does it feel so natural?