Intersectionality

(noun)

The idea that various biological, social, and cultural categories-- including gender, race, class, and ethnicity-- interact and contribute towards systematic social inequality.

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Examples of Intersectionality in the following topics:

  • The Feminist Perspective

    • Mary Ann Weathers demonstrates intersectionality in action in "An Argument for Black Women's Liberation as a Revolutionary Force."
    • In this publication, Weathers reveals that in the twentieth century, working-class women of color embodied the notion of intersectionality.
    • Intersectionality suggests that various biological, social and cultural categories, including gender, race, class and ethnicity, interact and contribute towards systematic social inequality.
    • Mary Ann Weathers demonstrates intersectionality in action in "An Argument for Black Women's Liberation as a Revolutionary Force."
    • In this publication, Weathers reveals that in the twentieth century, working-class women of color embodied the notion of intersectionality.

  • The Conflict Perspective

    • Intersectionality is a feminist sociological theory first highlighted by leading critical theorist thinker Kimberlé Crenshaw (1989).

  • Women as a Minority

    • It should be noted that gender discrimination also ties in with race and class discrimination -- a concept known as "intersectionality," first named by feminist sociologist Kimberlé Crenshaw.
    • For example, the intersectionality of race and gender has been shown to have a visible impact on the labor market.
    • "Sociological research clearly shows that accounting for education, experience, and skill does not fully explain significant differences in labor market outcomes. " The three main domains on which we see the impact of intersectionality are wages, discrimination, and domestic labor.
    • Through the study of the labor market and intersectionality we gain a better understanding of economic inequalities and the implications of the multidimensional impact of race and gender on social status within society.

  • Cultural and Societal Influences on Child Development

    • Intersectionality is the study of the intersections, or the relationships, between different forms or systems of discrimination or oppression.
    • Intersectionality holds that different forms of discrimination—such as racism, sexism, biphobia, ableism, transphobia, and classism—do not act independently of one another; instead, they interrelate and create a system based on multiple forms of discrimination.

  • Theories of Gender Differences

    • Central to these efforts, Feminist Theories typically examine past and present gender relations shaped by patriarchy and intersectionality.
    • Feminist Theory - drawing heavily on the historical and contemporary work of Black Feminist Thought - defines intersectionality as the interrelation and intersection of multiple, interlocking systems of oppression and privilege within and between societies.

  • Feminist Theory

    • In so doing, these scholars uncovered many ways that Feminist theorists from as far back as the 1830's had already introduced insights - such as the Social Constructionism, Intersectionality, and the subjective nature and critical possibilities of scientific work - that have become crucial to scientific research and theorizing across disciplines.