· Why can it be argued that "gender" is not a noun (Judith Butler 1999:3 )? "Gender is always a doing, though not a doing by a subject who might be said to preexist the deed... There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is performativ...

Society habitually deals with that which makes it feel uncomfortable by pushing it away. From provocative images in the art to questionable ideas in everyday discourse, social trends often tend towards discouraging intellectual discourse because of the perceived promotion of such views. One such met...