Butler says that gender is “an identity instituted through a stylized repetition of acts”.

She is basically suggesting that there is no set gender, people just trust each other as a reality is constructed in order to make sure everything is okay and nothing ‘bad’ happens, like a set of rules. There is a set of ground rules that separates males to females and identifies what you can and cannot do as a specific gender and you cannot cross that line. This repetition of acts an identity is ‘created’ by is basically just a social construct you are meant to abide to so you can essentially be categorized. People are now realising that the world doesn’t have to be so binary and there is allowed to be ‘fluidity of identity’ as David Gauntlett explains, there doesn’t have to be a straight answer to gender, sexuality etc, some people would rather identify themselves as non-binary, where they identify as neither male nor female.

Harry Styles Article:

‘“illuminating” and “highlighting” are the buzz words for Styles. There is a sense that this brand is about celebrating what is already there and encouraging customers to be themselves.’

‘“Me seeing a colour on a flower or a wallpaper or something and thinking, ‘Oh, I wanna put that on my nails.”‘– This is a clear representation of breaking the social construct of gender. Harry Styles, a male, enjoys painting his nails, which is typically what a female would do. Releasing this beauty line/nail varnish, I believe he is trying to break the barrier even more than it has been broken.

 ‘In July, the global beauty industry was valued at $511bn’