Gender identity creates a distinction in order to create a sort of understanding between the “inherently untidy experiences” of sex (2549). In other words, a recognizable and common western boy is a boy because he commonly doesn’t wear skirts. Butler identifies that “Drag illuminates the distinctions between all states that are falsely naturalized as a unity through the regulatory function of heterosexual coherence” (2550). The gender behavior that an individual presents publicly and internally provides a baseline and a source of understanding for harmonic social interaction. The process of developing a gender identity coherent with anatomical sex functions as an identifier for an individual. Atypical gender behaviors test the margins and balance of social systems. Hence why a boyish female is more likely to be called a “dyke”, than a feminine female would. In Lagos, Nigeria, an openly lesbian female is more likely to be disowned by her father than an openly straight female
Gender identity creates a distinction in order to create a sort of understanding between the “inherently untidy experiences” of sex (2549). In other words, a recognizable and common western boy is a boy because he commonly doesn’t wear skirts. Butler identifies that “Drag illuminates the distinctions between all states that are falsely naturalized as a unity through the regulatory function of heterosexual coherence” (2550). The gender behavior that an individual presents publicly and internally provides a baseline and a source of understanding for harmonic social interaction. The process of developing a gender identity coherent with anatomical sex functions as an identifier for an individual. Atypical gender behaviors test the margins and balance of social systems. Hence why a boyish female is more likely to be called a “dyke”, than a feminine female would. In Lagos, Nigeria, an openly lesbian female is more likely to be disowned by her father than an openly straight female