Gender as Drag

Although Butler makes some great points, she fails to recognize the relationship of gender categorization and people in society. The expectations that society has for each of the genders allows both people perceiving gender, and people doing gender to understand social actions. Her statement that gender can be performed in multiple ways is accurate, however in doing so people are unable to categorize individuals as the display cues are not compatible with what they see. To answer her question of: "When and where does my being lesbian come into play?", society is always judging the extent to which one is successful in doing their gender. Society's conclusion of Lesbian's not doing gender well enough, is what I suppose explains their marginalization. I do believe that Butler is right and probably does also understand society's reactions, however explaining it through a sociological lens may give her some more credit.