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Gender Performativity
Judith Butler
KEY CONCEPT: sex vs. gender vs. sexuality
GENDER – a person’s
identification (based on
social characteristics)
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER:
• What are the traditional male and female gender roles?
• What stereotypes around each gender exist?
• What ‘character traits’ are expected of males and females?
• How are these character traits reflected through the
appearance and behaviour of men and women?
KEY TERM: subversive performances
Subvert
= to go against something established
= undermine the power and authority of something
Watch the below ‘THE POWER OF MAKEUP’ vlog and make notes
on the following:
• Give examples of how Starrr’s performance of gender is fluid
• What might be the relationship between context and gender
performativity in this video?
• Why might he be subverting established notions of gender?
• Is Starrr’s gender performativity effective? Why/why not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiq3M5d5T_A
EXTENSION TASK: “ideology is invisible”
It is very easy to spot flaws in the ways other people live
their life, or how ‘the past’ was ‘different’
However, our own values and beliefs are often ‘invisible’
to us, unless we take the time and effort to reflect on the
strengths and weaknesses of our own culture and society