The document discusses a study on gender identity in Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement. It explores how gender identity can be discussed meaningfully with respondents and whether gender is too "naturalized" to study. Key findings indicate that gender was not as salient an identity as class, and there is a danger in viewing the gender order as naturalized. Implications are discussed for women's organizing and future research on gender identity in relation to other understudied categories like class and sexuality.

1. ‘ Sometimes it would be nice to be a man’: the salience of gender identity after the Good Friday Agreement. February 6, 2009 Dr. Theresa O’Keefe Department of Sociology National University of Ireland, Maynooth Email: theresa.okeefe@nuim.ie