, ▁and ▁sexual ity ▁are ▁soci ally ▁permitted ▁to ▁appear ▁as ▁coh er ent ▁or ▁" natural ". ▁Reg ulative ▁disc ourse ▁includes ▁discipl inary ▁techniques ▁that ▁co er ce ▁the ▁st yl ized ▁actions ▁and ▁thereby ▁maintain ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁" core " ▁gender , ▁sex ▁and ▁sexual ity . ▁ ▁The ▁supposed ▁obvious ness ▁of ▁sex ▁as ▁a ▁natural ▁fact ▁att ests ▁to ▁how ▁deeply ▁its ▁production ▁in ▁disc ourse ▁is ▁conce aled . ▁The ▁sex ed ▁body , ▁once ▁established ▁as ▁a ▁natural ▁fact , ▁is ▁the ▁al ib i ▁for ▁constru ctions ▁of ▁gender ▁and ▁sexual ity , ▁which ▁then ▁pur port ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁just - as - natural ▁expressions ▁or ▁consequences ▁of ▁sex . ▁In ▁Butler ' s ▁account , ▁it ▁is ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁natural ▁binary ▁sex ▁that ▁binary ▁gender ▁and ▁heter osex ual ity ▁are ▁like wise ▁constructed ▁as ▁natural . ▁Butler ▁claims ▁that ▁without ▁a ▁critique ▁of ▁sex ▁as ▁produced ▁by ▁disc ourse , ▁the ▁sex / gender ▁distinction ▁as ▁a ▁femin ist ▁strategy ▁for ▁contest ing ▁constru ctions ▁of ▁binary ▁asym metric ▁gender ▁and ▁comp uls ory ▁heter osex ual ity ▁will ▁be ▁in effect ive . ▁ ▁Butler ▁offers ▁a ▁critique ▁of ▁the ▁terms ▁gender ▁and ▁sex ▁as ▁they ▁have ▁been ▁used ▁by ▁femin ists . ▁Butler ▁arg ues ▁that ▁femin ism ▁made ▁a ▁mistake ▁in ▁trying ▁to ▁make ▁" w omen " ▁a ▁discrete , ▁a histor ical ▁group ▁with ▁common ▁characteristics . ▁Butler ▁writes ▁that ▁this