What does Judith Butler mean when she suggests that gender is performed ?

A. Real gender roles are scripted by excellent writers.

B. Gender does not reflect an essential truth, but rather is a role people play based on their internalization of socially constructed gender roles.

C. All of the above answers are correct.

D. Gender roles do not exist.

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