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 In Boydston's piece, it is argued that we should think of gender, not as a binary or set thing, but instead as a historical process. It is also argued that historians should treat gender as a question-- instead of determining that gender differences cause power differences, determine how gender can be used as a source of power. -Caroline Cochran
+Boydston challenged historians to interrogate the cultural and historical specificity of gender itself, rather than projecting modern understandings onto past societies, making the case that careful, context-specific analysis enriches gender history. (Caitlyn Edwards)
+Many historians like Nan Enstad argue that, when studying gender in history, an emphasis must be placed on subjectivity. Rather than assuming that gender is a rigid, fixed concept that has remained the same across all time and space, Enstad encourages a much more fluid view of gender that takes into account how identity is not an inherent, unchanging fact. (Noah Rutkowski)