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.
How does Judith Butler compare Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Simone de Beauvoir?
Judith Butler draws on Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Simone de Beauvoir, noting that both ground their theories in lived experience and view the sexual body as a historical idea or situation.

Question: Was her argument well received?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Judith Butler's argument in Performative Acts and Gender Constitution well received?