Editing Gender identity (section)

===Butler's views===
In the late 1980s, gender studies scholar [[Judith Butler]] began lecturing regularly on the topic of gender identity, and in 1990, they published ''[[Gender Trouble|Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity]]'', introducing the concept of [[gender performativity]].<ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Butler J |title=Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity|publisher=Routledge|year=1990|isbn=978-0415389556|location=London|pages=front/backmatter|author-link=Judith Butler}}</ref> Butler argues that the traditional view of gender is limiting in that it adheres to the dominant societal constraints that label gender as binary. In scrutinizing gender, Butler introduces a nuanced perception in which they unite the concepts of performativity and gender.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Feminist Perspectives on Sex and Gender |encyclopedia=The [[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]] |year=2023 |last=Mikkola |first=Mari |publisher=[[Metaphysics Research Lab (Stanford University)]] |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-gender/ |edition=Fall 2023 |access-date=17 December 2023 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601002408/https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-gender/ |url-status=live }}</ref>