▁by ▁rep udi ating ▁pre - c ult ural ▁ag ency , ▁and ▁provides ▁no ▁norm ative ▁eth ical ▁theory ▁to ▁direct ▁the ▁sub vers ive ▁performances ▁that ▁Butler ▁end ors es . ▁ ▁Finally , ▁Nancy ▁F ras er ' s ▁critique ▁of ▁Butler ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁famous ▁exchange ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁the or ists . ▁ ▁F ras er ▁has ▁suggested ▁that ▁Butler ' s ▁focus ▁on ▁perform ativity ▁distances ▁her ▁from ▁" every day ▁ways ▁of ▁talking ▁and ▁thinking ▁about ▁ourselves .   ... ▁Why ▁should ▁we ▁use ▁such ▁a ▁self - dist ancing ▁id iom ?" ▁ ▁Butler ▁respond ed ▁to ▁critic isms ▁of ▁her ▁pro se ▁in ▁the ▁pre face ▁to ▁her ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁book , ▁G ender ▁Tr ouble . ▁ ▁More ▁recently , ▁several ▁critics — most ▁prom in ently , ▁Viv iane ▁Nam aste ▁— have ▁critic ised ▁Jud ith ▁Butler ' s ▁Und o ing ▁G ender ▁for ▁under - emph as izing ▁the ▁intersection al ▁aspects ▁of ▁gender - based ▁violence . ▁For ▁example , ▁Tim othy ▁Laur ie ▁notes ▁that ▁Butler ' s ▁use ▁of ▁phr ases ▁like ▁" gender ▁politics " ▁and ▁" gender ▁violence " ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁assault s ▁on ▁trans gender ▁individuals ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁can ▁"[ sc our ] ▁a ▁landscape ▁filled ▁with ▁class ▁and ▁labour ▁relations , ▁ra cial ised ▁urban ▁strat ification , ▁and ▁complex ▁interactions ▁between ▁sexual ▁identity , ▁sexual ▁practices ▁and ▁sex ▁work ", ▁and ▁produce ▁instead ▁"