1. Critical Psychology and Gender
... avoid communication that moves away from their desired self (Lewin & Reeves, 2011). The theory of Symbolic Interactionism, states that individuals behave and act towards things according to what meaning it has for them. This meaning is derived from social interactions and then the person modifies and handles ... are made regular. Butler (1990), in her book "Gender Trouble", coins the term "performativity" and argues that the act that an individual does and performs is one that has been there before the individual came to the context. Thus, performativity of gender are formalized ... the...
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