▁to ▁generation ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁soci ally ▁established ▁" mean ings ": ▁She ▁states , ▁" gender ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁radical ▁choice   ... ▁[ nor ▁is ▁it ] ▁im posed ▁or ▁ins cribed ▁upon ▁the ▁individual ". ▁Given ▁the ▁social ▁nature ▁of ▁human ▁be ings , ▁most ▁actions ▁are ▁witness ed , ▁reprodu ced , ▁and ▁internal ized ▁and ▁thus ▁take ▁on ▁a ▁perform ative ▁or ▁the at ric ▁quality . ▁According ▁to ▁Butler ' s ▁theory , ▁gender ▁is ▁essentially ▁a ▁perform ative ▁repet ition ▁of ▁acts ▁associated ▁with ▁male ▁or ▁female . ▁Currently , ▁the ▁actions ▁appropriate ▁for ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁have ▁been ▁transm itted ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁social ▁atmosphere ▁that ▁both ▁maintain s ▁and ▁legit im izes ▁a ▁seem ingly ▁natural ▁gender ▁binary . ▁Cons ist ently ▁with ▁her ▁accept ance ▁of ▁the ▁body ▁as ▁a ▁historical ▁idea , ▁she ▁suggests ▁that ▁our ▁concept ▁of ▁gender ▁is ▁seen ▁as ▁natural ▁or ▁inn ate ▁because ▁the ▁body ▁" be comes ▁its ▁gender ▁through ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁acts ▁which ▁are ▁renew ed , ▁re vised , ▁and ▁cons olid ated ▁through ▁time ". ▁▁ ▁Butler ▁arg ues ▁that ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁gender ▁itself ▁creates ▁gender . ▁Additionally , ▁she ▁comp ares ▁the ▁perform ativity ▁of ▁gender ▁to ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁the ▁the ater . ▁She ▁brings ▁many ▁similar ities , ▁including ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁each ▁individual ▁function ing ▁as ▁an ▁actor ▁of ▁their ▁gender . ▁However , ▁she ▁also ▁brings ▁to ▁light ▁a ▁critical ▁difference ▁between ▁gender ▁performance ▁in ▁reality