Analysis Of Frosh Supports Bulter s Theory And Through...

Frosh supports Bulter’s theory and through the quote Frosh expresses how otherness is used in order to arrange society and that the idea of masculinity and femininity are meaningless ideas created by societies. Clothing is used in order to reflect being part of a group. Barnard (2002) believes that dress is used as a way of reflecting that someone is a part of a group. In the 1980s this can be seen in groups such as Goths, Raggas and Raver. Malcom Barnard says: Barnard’s is saying it is not how someone is that make them apart of the Ragga group, it is how they dress and that someone does not intentionally go and buy clothing in order to reflect being a Ragga. Barnard’s idea of clothing used as belonging can also support the way clothing is used to express the wearers belonging to gender groups insinuating that people do not intentionally dress to reflect their gender but it is the wearing of certain clothing that establishes them with a gender. Clothes would accentuate the areas of the body that were associated with gender in a certain era such as bust, hip and waist for women in the Victorian era therefore expressing that the wearer is a woman. Mary Ellen Roach and Joanne Bubolz Eicher (2007) support this idea through their belief that the codpiece that was seen on hoses in the Medieval era was decorative in order to accentuate men’s privates. Padding can also be seen throughout history to make the shoulders wider for men and then in 1980s they are seen on the shoulder