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Judith Butler vs. Michel Foucault

Theory & Philosophy

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The Problem With Sex and Gender

Judith Butler says there is no neat distinction between sex and gender. She points to historical developments in which scientific knowledge about people's bodies has been influenced by their understanding of gender. "Gender is always communicated through dress, through speech, through everything like that," she says.

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