How does Judith Butler interpret the idea that gender is "performed"?

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Gender is not an innate truth but a set of behaviors individuals enact based on learned social expectations.Gender roles are completely nonexistent.Authentic gender roles are predetermined by skilled playwrights.Only those capable of acting can possess a gender identity.

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Judith Butler argues that gender is not a fixed or inherent attribute, but rather a series of actions and behaviors that people adopt by internalizing societal norms about gender.