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If gender is eradicated, so too is an important domain of pleasure for many people. And others have a strong sense of self bound up with their genders, so to get rid of gender would be to shatter their self-hood.
Judith Butler
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Judith Butler
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: February 24
Art Theorist
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Philosopher
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Cleveland
Ohio
Judith P. Butler
Judith Pamela Butler
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