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    IMITATION AND GENDER

    INSUBORDINATION
    JUDITH BUTLER
    AIM:
    Rethink gender and sexuality
    to resist homophobic regulatory
    oppression
    IDENTITY CATEGORIES ARE
    TOOLS OF OPPRESSION
    There is no real definition of what gender and sexuality includes: it is all
    placed on a spectrum

    Sexuality is fluid: that is why


    it is sexy

    Stereotypes are placed on


    everyone, regardless of
    identified gender or sexuality

    Coming out of the


    closet isnt really
    freeing
    GENDER IS PERFORMATIVE

    Homosexuality is seen as a copy of heterosexuality

    Drag: gender can be acted out (physical sex and gender are
    separate)

    We all perform
    drag

    Chicken and egg


    scenario
    COMPULSION OF HETEROSEXUALITY

    People are obsessed with


    showing theyre heterosexual

    Heterosexuality is in danger
    of being exposed

    We act in an idealized way of


    how we identify
    NO ORIGINAL

    You make me feel like a natural woman.


    Aretha Franklin

    Gender is
    metaphorical
    IDENTITY IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT

    Gender has no root

    Identity is a copy of a copy of a copy

    Heterosexuality is a
    copy of itself

    Heterosexuality is
    determined by the
    way we perform
    PSYCHIC MIMESIS

    Gender is not natural physiologically or to the


    psyche

    Gender is the
    EFFECT not
    the cause

    Inner sex is
    an illusion
    PERFORMANCE OF THE PSYCHE

    Performance can
    never fully express
    sexuality

    Culture determines
    performance

    Changing the
    performance shatters
    the illusion of
    heterosexuality
    QUESTION: So what do we do?
    How do we expose the
    fabrications of gender and
    sexuality and change the
    discussion on the way to be?

    Embrace the chaos!

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