Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory
by Lauren Snarr
1. Video
2. Main Concept: Performing vs. Performative
2.1. Theater vs. Actual Life
3. ]
4. Capitalism
4.1. Pink Tax
4.2. IAT Activity
5. Female vs. Male On and Off Stage
5.1. Women tend to be able to blur the lines more so than men
5.1.1. Tomboys
5.2. Drag Queens tend to be more prominent than Drag Kings?
6. Performative: Personal Choice?
6.1. Act--> The Very Fact of it Actually Happening
6.2. Potential to Construct Other Genders
6.3. Punishments and Sanctions
6.3.1. Bullying/Insults
6.3.2. Mental Health Issues
6.3.3. Societal Pressure
6.3.4. Gender Dysphoria
6.3.4.1. High level of attempted suicides among trans-youth
6.3.4.1.1. Video
7. Author: Judith Butler
7.1. Born in 1956
7.2. Philosopher-studied at Yale (BA/MA/PHD)
7.3. Third Wave Feminisim
7.4. Queer Theory
8. Body
8.1. Natural
8.2. Becomes Gendered through Historical Interactions
8.2.1. Maurice Merleau Ponty
8.2.2. Simone de Beauvoir
8.3. Abolishes Essentialist Feminisim
8.3.1. Women is a historical idea, not a fact
9. Related Authors
9.1. Michel Foucault
9.1.1. "Sex, Gender, and Heterosexuality are historical products that became natural over time"
9.2. Gayle Rubin
9.2.1. "Taboos create gendered identities and sexualities"
10. Future References
10.1. Drag dramatizes the gender roles
10.2. Trans Indentities
10.3. Intersex/ Non-Binary
10.4. Media Exposure
10.4.1. Sex Education
10.4.2. Rupauls Drag Race
10.4.3. Sense8
11. Comments
11.1. Different Cultures?
11.1.1. Video