![]() In the essay, Butler maintains that gender is neither inherent in the body nor static. ![]() In the gender trouble, Butler consolidates such ideas by discussing the manner in which gender can be done, or put differently “the ways in which masculine ties and feminism are acted out” (Deirdre 121). ![]() However, literal ideas such as those postulated John Stuart and other writers of the Victorian era to early 20th century (1893-1920) reveal that, apart from being conceived, gender could indeed be performed. The question of how gender has evolved attracts large scholarly research, which is often open to criticism. Evolving Views of Gender Roles How Gender is mapped onto Life How the roles of women manifested themselves in the post Victorian era is considered through the book The Women in Love of David Lawrence. ![]() The primary objective of this paper is to bring into perspective a theory prescribing how gender is mapped onto life in an attempt to find out whether people performed gender in a somewhat free way or whether they are subject to the rules of gender.Īn effort is also made to track the changes of the roles of women in the social fabric in the Victorian era by considering The Odd Women by George Gissing written in 1893. However, in the modern society, this perception changed with women acquiring strategic roles in society. ![]()
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