Conversation so far:
What is Performative Acts and Gender Consitution by Judith Butler?
In the essay Performative Acts and Gender Constitution, Judith Butler proposes that gender is performative. She draws on Maurice Merleau-Ponty and the feminism of Simone de Beauvoir.

Question: How does she compare them?
Self-contained rewrite: How does Judith Butler compare Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Simone de Beauvoir?