Editing Queer Theory (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> ==
Queer theory is understood through '''Fluidity''' and '''Anti-Categorization'''.

'''1. Identity as a Performance''':
Judith Butler argued that no one is "Born" a woman or a man.
* We "Become" one through a million tiny acts: how we walk, how we dress, how we talk.
* It's like a "Script" that society gives us.
* If you "Fail" to follow the script (e.g., a man wearing a dress), society punishes you. Queer theory says: "Let's throw away the script."

'''2. The "Invention" of the Homosexual''':
Before the 1800s, "Gay Acts" existed, but "Gay People" (as a group) didn't.
* Foucault showed that doctors and lawyers created the "Category" of the homosexual to "Monitor and Control" them.
* Queer theory wants to break out of these categories because categories are how power "Controls" us.

'''3. Queering the Text''':
You can "Queer" anything.
* You can look at a "Straight" movie (like 'Batman') and find the hidden queer desires and tensions.
* This is a way of proving that the "Normal" world is actually much more "Queer" than it likes to admit.

'''The 'Queer' Umbrella''': While 'Queer' used to be a slur (an insult), the community "Reclaimed" it as a political word. It means "Anyone who doesn't fit the norm." It is a word that "Refuses to be defined."
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