cient ific ▁knowledge ), ▁Fou ca ult ▁arg ues . ▁Ellen ▁K . ▁Feder ▁mean ▁that ▁the ▁prem ise ▁" the ▁world ▁consists ▁of ▁women ▁and ▁men " ▁is ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁this . ▁This ▁prem ise , ▁Feder ▁arg ues , ▁has ▁been ▁considered ▁" common ▁sense ", ▁and ▁has ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁psych iat ric ▁diagn osis ▁gender ▁identity ▁dis order ▁( G ID ). ▁For ▁example , ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁children ▁with ▁behavior ▁that ▁was ▁not ▁considered ▁appropriate ▁for ▁their ▁gender ▁was ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁G ID . ▁The ▁treatment ▁then ▁consisted ▁of ▁trying ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁child ▁adapt ▁to ▁the ▁prev ail ing ▁gender ▁norm s . ▁Feder ▁arg ues ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁power / know ledge ▁since ▁psych iat ry , ▁from ▁the ▁" common ▁sense " ▁prem ise ▁" the ▁world ▁consists ▁of ▁women ▁and ▁men " ▁( a ▁prem ise ▁which ▁is ▁u ph eld ▁in ▁this ▁status ▁by ▁power ), ▁created ▁a ▁new ▁diagn osis , ▁a ▁new ▁type ▁of ▁subject ▁and ▁a ▁whole ▁body ▁of ▁knowledge ▁surrounding ▁this ▁new ▁subject . ▁ ▁In flu ence ▁and ▁Re ception ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁works ▁have ▁exerc ised ▁a ▁powerful ▁influence ▁over ▁numerous ▁human istic ▁and ▁social ▁scientific ▁discipl ines ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁and ▁controvers ial ▁sch ol ars ▁of ▁the ▁post - World ▁War ▁II ▁period . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁London ▁School ▁of ▁Econom ics ' ▁analysis ▁in