Judith Butler never said that gender is a performance, like we are kids at a pick & mix stand, trying on different genders everyday. It& #39;s performative. That means gender is brought into being & becomes a thing because we all do it. We do it so well that ppl say it& #39;s natural.

If we didn& #39;t gender babies as pink or blue from pre birth, & spend time & £ fitting into gender norms - fashion, dieting, cosmetics, cosmetic procedures, overtraining etc - then gender wouldn& #39;t exist. If we stopped doing it, it would change, because there is no original gender.

Because there is no original or primary gender, we shouldn& #39;t say anyone in particular is copying or aping gender norms, because everyone is. The majority of gender upholders, & often gender enforcers, are male heterosexual masculine men & female heterosexual feminine women.