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  • Essay / Gender identity and identity - 1023

    Judith Butler used the term “girled” to account for the way in which society has implemented binary gender categories: “The doctor who receives the child and pronounces – 'It's a girl' – begins this long chain of interpellations by which the girl is transitively girled: the gender is ritually repeated, the repetition causing both the risk of failure and the fixed effect of sedimentation” [ 2, 49]. From early childhood, parents create a specific discourse and label the girl's gender by choosing body adornments suited to accepted norms of femininity, such as fabrics in particular feminine colors: "it is generally expected that a baby dressed in pink be sweet, graceful and pretty.” [6,91] and design, by purchasing appropriate toys and decorating the child with “girl” accessories. Adults respond to the female baby according to a created self-fulfilling prophecy and create an atmosphere conducive to the development of the girl in a feminine setting.