<p><pre><code>   This seems both unjust and irrational.
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Why? As a rule of thumb, humans start thinking about something when it doesn&#x27;t work for them. And for gays in particular, the traditional structuring of gender roles has been deeply problematic, indeed even today there are many countries where gay sex is illegal. So it&#x27;s no surprise that homosexuals have though more deeply about gender and its relationship with sexuality than those for whom it works.<p>Foucault is intersting. In contrast, Butler&#x27;s work is weak. She really doesn&#x27;t have a meaningful handle on the relationship between sex and gender.