Judith Butler's "Gender Trouble" (Part 1/2)
Theory & Philosophy
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The Metaphysics of Substance
The idea that sex is natural in gender is a cultural thing that is imbued upon the body. So Butler totally wants to problematize that idea of the body being this kind of neutral zone, right? She calls this the metaphysics of substance. That's how she destabilizes this privileging that sex receives over gender. But it doesn't mean we shouldn't privilege one over the other," he says.
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