Judith Butler’s approach on sexual autonomy is one that is motivated by society and not ourselves. She argues that sexual autonomy, sexual and gender freedom, should be placed on the individual, but instead due to politics, the government, and society this is not the case. She also takes her knowledge on sexual freedom and relates it the question of “Which lives matter?” using the aspects of vulnerability, grief, and oppression, and also other examples such as racism and the AIDS epidemic to tie together not only the question itself, but also sexual autonomy and even autonomy in general.
Butler first brings up the complex yet seemingly simple idea of “What makes life bearable?”. She is simply asking what keeps us from ultimately going crazy …show more content…
Sexual autonomy is basically the sexual and gender freedom of an individual. She mainly points out that their really is no autonomy in sexuality and gender in the United States. Butler talks about gender specifically as performative. What she means by this is that gender is not something we are born with, but really something that we act out as giving others the impression we want them to have about who we are. Socially and politically gender has been classified as either male or female. This being said gives everyone a state of mind that those are the only two options and never really gives people the opportunity to express who they truly are without a retaliation or consequence. This is where Judith Butler 's aspect of vulnerability to our lives come into play. Not only is the LGBT community vulnerable persay but everyone living on this earth is, not just the people of the United …show more content…
I will first start of with racism and the AIDS epidemic although it is not her main topic throughout her work in her paper. An opinionator interview with Judith Butler by George Yancy on the topic of “What’s Wrong With ‘All Lives Matter’?” on January 12, 2015 because of Butler 's views of “Which lives matter?” and also the new crises of police brutality towards minorities and the “Black Lives Matter” movement. George Yancy, in his interview, talks about this “Black Lives Matter” chant and Judith Butler 's remark to it is quite disturbing in a way. Butler describes some of the police brutality, racism, and injustice that is going on in our world, but then turns around and says “But when did black lives ever really get free of coercive force?”. If we look back in time to the civil war and study slavery and the black discrimination that went on we can see that yes nowadays we do not have slavery any more, but when actually did the act of violence that was inflicted onto them ever actually go away. There is the problem that Butler is trying to get it because that violence and discrimination never went away. This is where the idea of oppression comes into to
Butler first brings up the complex yet seemingly simple idea of “What makes life bearable?”. She is simply asking what keeps us from ultimately going crazy …show more content…
Sexual autonomy is basically the sexual and gender freedom of an individual. She mainly points out that their really is no autonomy in sexuality and gender in the United States. Butler talks about gender specifically as performative. What she means by this is that gender is not something we are born with, but really something that we act out as giving others the impression we want them to have about who we are. Socially and politically gender has been classified as either male or female. This being said gives everyone a state of mind that those are the only two options and never really gives people the opportunity to express who they truly are without a retaliation or consequence. This is where Judith Butler 's aspect of vulnerability to our lives come into play. Not only is the LGBT community vulnerable persay but everyone living on this earth is, not just the people of the United …show more content…
I will first start of with racism and the AIDS epidemic although it is not her main topic throughout her work in her paper. An opinionator interview with Judith Butler by George Yancy on the topic of “What’s Wrong With ‘All Lives Matter’?” on January 12, 2015 because of Butler 's views of “Which lives matter?” and also the new crises of police brutality towards minorities and the “Black Lives Matter” movement. George Yancy, in his interview, talks about this “Black Lives Matter” chant and Judith Butler 's remark to it is quite disturbing in a way. Butler describes some of the police brutality, racism, and injustice that is going on in our world, but then turns around and says “But when did black lives ever really get free of coercive force?”. If we look back in time to the civil war and study slavery and the black discrimination that went on we can see that yes nowadays we do not have slavery any more, but when actually did the act of violence that was inflicted onto them ever actually go away. There is the problem that Butler is trying to get it because that violence and discrimination never went away. This is where the idea of oppression comes into to