Following our study of the Hunger Games, we looked into Judith Butler's theory of gender performance which she addresses in her book 'Gender Trouble' (1990) through David Gauntlett's book 'Media, Gender, Identity and Introduction' (2002. chapter 7). Todays modern explanation of gender and sex is as follows: You have a fixed sex (male or female) … upon witch culture builds a stable gender (masculinity or femininity)… which determines your desire sexually. Judith Butler argues three unrelated points which effect none of the others; You have a body, You may perform an identity, You may have desires. This theory allows for transvestites, pansexuals, gay and bisexuals and the gender behaviours seem more 'natural' and therefore, equal in still his homophobic society.
In the Hunger Games, applies to Butler's their of Gender as a Performance as Katniss must act very differently when in the public eye as to when she isn't being shown on TV. Suzanne Collins creates a world which is completely governed by the media by using the Hunger Games as a way to distract the members of the public from creating an uprising and war.
Other satirical looks at gender performances:
Ja'mie: Life of a Private School Girl
Conchita Wurst - Eurovision Song Contest Winner
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