d which are
considered secondary for others. For example, relations with the mother are
primary and those with other people such as siblings are secondary. The
primary identifications happen first and the secondary identifications
follow on a result of the primary identifications. Thus, Freud believes
that all gender identifications occur in a set order. As a result of this
• You identify with one sex.
• You desire the other sex.
Freud has explained homosexual attraction by claiming that when, for
instance, a man desires another man, deep down he really identifies with
women and this is the reason he desires a man.
However, Butler strictly rejects this theory, as it does not leave any room
for variation, for alternative influences on different people in different
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