▁did ▁nothing ▁but ▁ampl ify ▁the ▁disc ourse ▁of ▁sexual ity ▁they ▁sought ▁to ▁control . ▁Ext ending ▁this ▁argument ▁using ▁Der r ida ▁and ▁Lac an , ▁Butler ▁claims ▁that ▁c ensor ship ▁is ▁primitive ▁to ▁language , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁lingu istic ▁" I " ▁is ▁a ▁mere ▁effect ▁of ▁an ▁orig inary ▁c ensor ship . ▁In ▁this ▁way , ▁Butler ▁questions ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁any ▁genu in ely ▁oppos itional ▁disc ourse ; ▁" If ▁speech ▁depends ▁upon ▁c ensor ship , ▁then ▁the ▁principle ▁that ▁one ▁might ▁seek ▁to ▁opp ose ▁is ▁at ▁once ▁the ▁form ative ▁principle ▁of ▁oppos itional ▁speech ". ▁ ▁Und o ing ▁G ender ▁( 2 0 0 4 ) ▁Und o ing ▁G ender ▁collect s ▁Butler ' s ▁ref lections ▁on ▁gender , ▁sex , ▁sexual ity , ▁ps y cho analysis ▁and ▁the ▁medical ▁treatment ▁of ▁inter sex ▁people ▁for ▁a ▁more ▁general ▁read ership ▁than ▁many ▁of ▁her ▁other ▁books . ▁Butler ▁revis its ▁and ▁ref ines ▁her ▁notion ▁of ▁perform ativity ▁and ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁und o ing ▁" rest rict ively ▁norm ative ▁conception s ▁of ▁sexual ▁and ▁gender ed ▁life ". ▁ ▁Butler ▁discuss es ▁how ▁gender ▁is ▁performed ▁without ▁one ▁being ▁conscious ▁of ▁it , ▁but ▁says ▁that ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁mean ▁this ▁perform ativity ▁is ▁" autom atic ▁or ▁mechanical ". ▁She ▁arg ues ▁that ▁we ▁have ▁des ires ▁that ▁do ▁not ▁origin ate ▁from ▁our ▁person hood , ▁but ▁rather