Who is Judith Butler? Judith Butler (1956-) is Professor of Comparative Literature and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, and is well known as a theorist of power, gender, sexuality and identity. Indeed, she is described in alt.Culture as "one of the superstars of '90s academia, with a devoted following of grad students nationwide". Her Theory: In 'Gender Trouble: Feminism and the subversion of Identity' Butler describe the ways in which socially …showed first 75 words of 618 total…

…showed last 75 words of 618 total…boundaries that are fixed and policed to insured normal (heterosexual) behavior. The assumption of the internal produces a priori, an essence. - The interior can not be seen, only signified on the surface. -There is no ontological status for the gendered body, no inner truth of gender. This is an illusion written on the body. -Gender is not some inner truth but the presence of received meanings. No one can embody the ideal gender constructions.