“The understanding of gender as dominant and subordinate forms of behaviour puts paid to the idea that there can be many ‘genders’. There can only be ways of expressing dominance and submission by other than the usual actors. The genders remain two. The queer approach which celebrates the ‘performance’ of gender and its diversity necessarily maintains the two genders in circulation. Rather than eliminating dominant and submissive behaviours, it reproduces them. Thus those queer theorists and activists who seek to perform gender can be seen to be gender loyalists with a stake in the maintenance of the gender system of male supremacy.” — Unpacking Queer Politics - Sheila Jeffreys
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