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"Night to His Day"

 In  The Social Construction of Gender  by Judith Lorber, one part that stood out to me is the idea of "Doing Gender."  This idea that we are "Doing Gender" is a funny saying to something that I have found my subconscious doing regularly. After reading this passage, I noticed myself trying to categorize people. I am not sure if I do it because I am trying to make myself feel like I fit in or if the notion on gender categorisation is so engraved into my subconscious because of how I grew up. Do you think there is a way  to change our subconscious thoughts? What if these subconscious thoughts cannot change/ do they need to be changed?