Asked in a 1999 paper

Judith Butler (1999) suggested that_______________?

Correct answer: B. gender is performed through bodily gestures and styles to create sex

  • A. sexual characteristics are the biological determinants of gender
  • B. gender is performed through bodily gestures and styles to create sex
  • C. the tow-sex model replaced the one-sex model in the eighteenth century
  • D. heterosexuality and homosexuality are essential opposing identities

Explanation

Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity argues that gender is repeatedly produced through bodily acts, gestures, dress and styles rather than simply expressing fixed biological sex. The other options treat gender or sexuality as essential and unchanging.

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