Reading Butler: Chapter 1, Section V
Tl;dr This section of Butler continues to complicate the idea of what gender even is and if it’s possible to know. It also brings up some real questions about how we discuss intersex people and co-opt their experiences for gender philosophy. [All Butler citations from: Judith Butler. 2007.Gender Trouble (New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group)] Internal identity is shaped by external…









