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Philosophy

Performativity of Gender in Everyday Social Interactions

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The concept was popularized by philosopher Judith Butler in her 1990 book 'Gender Trouble,' where she argued that gender is not an internal identity but a set of repeated acts that produce the appearance of a stable gender core.

Why this is interesting

Have you ever noticed that you 'act' differently based on who is watching? What if your very sense of being a 'man' or 'woman' is not something you are, but something you do—over and over again?