Quote by Butler, Judith
"Language does not simply describe reality; it actively constitutes and shapes what becomes real."
"Language does not simply describe reality; it actively constitutes and shapes what becomes real."
"Gender is performatively constituted by the very expressions that are said to be its results."
"There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is performatively constituted by the expressions themselves."
"If one 'is' a woman, that is surely not all one is."
"The body is not a being, but a variable boundary, a surface whose permeability is politically regulated."