How Does Butler's Post-Structuralist View of Gender "Performativity" Differ from a Symbolic

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Essay

How does Butler's post-structuralist view of gender "performativity" differ from a symbolic interactionist or ethnomethodological analysis of "doing gender?" Which of the two opinions do you find yourself agreeing with more,and why? Provide examples of both sides of the argument.

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