Joseph Butler

Gender performativity was defined in lecture by Dr. Thomas O’Neill as the act of being either male or female each day (September 21st, 2017). In this essay, I will first be discussing what is meant by gender performativity, followed by an illustration on how it differs from gender socialization and interpretive reproduction - two other theories of gender identity formation. Patricia Adler (1992) as cited by O’Neill in lecture, explains that gender socialization theory emphasizes how children, through

Grease is a classic American film that takes place in the 1950s and explores ideas of gender and sexuality. The film was produced in 1978 by Robert Stigwood and Allen Carr and was directed by Rundel Kleiser. The film was not set in the 1970s because it would have to tell a different story; in the 1970s there was birth control and an abundance of sexual liberation, unlike the 1950s. The producers were able to connect the concepts of events from the 1950s into the film. Grease explores the ideas of

creationists, but quickly escalated to a debate of historic proportions. The 1920s were times of change in the United States, from women getting the right to vote to prohibition to changes in education, such as the Butler Act, which created unease and animosity throughout the country. The Butler Act of 1925 prohibited the teaching of evolution and any other theories that deny the story of the divine creation of man as taught in the Bible in all Universities and public schools in Tennessee. John Scopes

The 1920’s was an extravagant decade in American history. Many people had bought new items, such as radios, and played the stock market without worrying about the loans they used for the new items and stock market. The 1920’s also brought about change in the United States, such as women’s suffrage and Prohibition. Despite Prohibition making the consumption and possession of alcohol illegal, many people went to speakeasies to drink alcohol. The government could not effectively control the drug and

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was on the forefront of the challenge against the Butler Act. The ACLU is a non-profit organization founded in 1920 whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It posted

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's Tendencies: Queerness and Oppression Over the last two decades or so, the idea of queerness is one that has been utilized and considered by individuals and communities of marginalized sexualities and genders. The concept is one that has attempted to broaden and deconstruct traditional notions of gender and sexuality in order to include all of their incarnations as valid experiences and identities. Queerness endeavors to include all of those who feel they are a part of

state laws. Evolution and creationism were two of the biggest issues brought up between state and church. In an effort to keep evolution out of schools, the Butler Act was put into place on March 23rd, 1925. The Butler Act was a law in Tennessee that made it illegal for public schools to teach evolution. The most famous challenge of the Butler Act was during the Scopes Trial in July 1925. In this trial, the state of Tennessee and

it comes to Butler and based on her essay that we studied “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory” where she introduced the term of gender performativity and based it on a feminist phenomenological outlook and suggested that this is based on experiences that we live. Butler accepts the notion of a "distinction between sex, as biological facticity, and gender, as the cultural interpretation or signification of that facticity". (Butler, Judith (1988)

SCARLETT O’ HARA Analysis Essay 02/13/12 SCARLETT O’ HARA Scarlett O’ Hara is a woman who does what it takes to survive no matter what the case may be. In the book Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O’ Hara plays a role of what most people might think is crazy. This upper class southern belle living in the country side of Atlanta, Georgia just before the Civil War takes place. She embarks on an adventure of turmoil, death, and deceitfulness. In this era of time during the Civil War Scarlett did not care

Phenomenology and Feminist Theory” calls for a new way to view sex and gender. Butler argues that “gender identity is a performative accomplishment compelled by social sanction and taboo”. In this case, gender is not constituted by what one is, but rather what one does; the performative acts constitute gender. In other words, gender is not the starting place; it is an identity repeatedly constructed throughout time. Butler is trying to show us a feminist perspective of sex and gender. She attempts to