Gender
Identification After watching the Adventure Time episode “Fionna and Cake” and reading “Berengier of the Long Ass,” the expectations of genders are exposed through the reversal of roles in both of these pieces. The characters in these stories clearly demonstrate the expectations that certain males and females must negotiate in order to expose the problems when there is labeling of certain genders. Judith Butler’s analysis of gender is that it is performative- meaning that nobody really is a gender from the start; after watching the video and reading the text for this exercise, it is clear that Fionna and The Knight expose the misconceptions of gender throughout societies today. In our society today there are certain notions that many people have about what are “right” and “wrong” for males and females to wear, think, and act. There are certain things that are expected out of males- a toughness about them, an attitude that declares them as “the man of the house”- that is unfairly labeled upon every male in our society. Females are expected to be the ones who constantly act “girly” and let the males do everything involving manual labor- this is an unfair label that is placed upon every female in our society. The video that Judith Butler takes part in is an example of a certain female who does not believe in conforming with the problems of the rest of our society- taking a stand against the “normal ideas” of the public. Judith Baker’s ideas are expressed throughout “Fionna and Cake” and “Berengier of the Long Ass,” when Fionna , The Lady, and The Knight expose these misconceptions by swapping roles; The Lady and Fionna act as the males, while Prince Gumball and The Knight act as the females. The idea that Fionna and The Lady “act as the males” in these stories define the problem that our society has when it comes to the definition of males and females. There are certain expectations that must be fulfilled when it comes to being seen as a male or female, but