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The Queer Gnostic Cult

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CHAPTER

The Social Construction of Gender

Anthropologist Esther Newton suggests that the structure of impersonation reveals one of the key fabricating mechanisms through which the social construction of gender takes place. "Drag fully subverts the distinction between the inner and outer psychic space it effectively mocks both the expressive model of gender and the notion of a true gender identity so drag is the tool by which you can initiate the process of your queer awakening"

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