«Gender is Performance
Why Trans* Actors Should
Transcend the Character Breakdown
24 February 2020
Performativity is an inherent component of the Western
notion of gender. Our society teaches children to convincingly portray their
assigned gender from a very vulnerable and impressionable age. They are often
encouraged and rewarded for displaying the “correct” behavior and interests,
and quickly admonished, warned, or otherwise policed for any behavior that
deviates too far from the predetermined cultural script. This inescapable
process manifests in children with the repetition (and subsequent validation)
of hundreds and thousands of particular mannerisms, choices, affectations, and
actions on a daily basis. It’s no wonder that, by adulthood, these learned
behavioral patterns might feel as natural and subconscious as breathing.
However, I challenge the notion that this dichotomy of culturally approved
behavior is innate or inherent. I think it is merely enforced to a degree that
most people find it easier or safer to adhere accordingly. (…)».Continue a ler.
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