 Gender is the performance of attitudes and actions that are considered socially acceptable for one's sex category.West and Zimmerman suggested that the interactional process of "doing gender", combined with socially agreed upon gender expectations, holds individuals accountable for their gender performances.They also believe that while "doing gender" appropriately strengthens and promotes social structures based on the gender dichotomy, it inappropriately does not call into question these same social structures; only the individual actor is questioned.