In contemporary societies, identities are socially constructed. Social identity varies from your biological identity because your biological identity is something you are born with, whereas your social identity is something that is constructed. Social identity is also one’s sense of belonging to a particular group. This being said, an individual’s ability to identify with multiple characteristics is known as Intersectionality. Kimberle Crenshaw “coined this term in attempt to interlock complex identities and how it works to privilege or oppress an individual” (Bromley 47).
Intersectionality serves as an analytical tool for understanding how social inequality is perceived and the degree to which it is measured in an individual’s life based on …show more content…
From looking at the term hierarchy of privilege, it is easy to understand that it means when more privilege goes to the most superior group in society. Society as a whole now functions due to unseen privilege. Some people are more likely to undergo oppression while some are not. For example, young black men from socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods, are more likely to experience poverty than white men because the labour market discriminates against them by limiting their chances of gaining good …show more content…
This being said, this practise is now a norm in mainstream society. As mentioned above that power basically determines who gets what, Bromley states that “like all hierarchies, power is embedded in the dividing line between the two binaries” (51). This means that for a social identity marker, when divided into the two respective categories with binary division, one category is always more dominant than the other. For example, between women and men, men are the most dominant category (Bromley 51). Taken together, the privileges people have access to, are determined by power and which is influenced by identity markers.
Intersectionality also illustrates how hierarchy of privileges do not pay attention other individuals who cannot easily identify with the categories that society places them in. Bromley states these categories experience “fluidity, flux...interpenetration as well as resistance…” (51). That is, it will be hard for these individuals to be accepted into a social category. Building on the fact that Binary division has played a huge role in hierarchy of privileges, feminists believe that the motive behind it is wrong and they have labelled it as a “homogenizing process” (Bromley
Intersectionality serves as an analytical tool for understanding how social inequality is perceived and the degree to which it is measured in an individual’s life based on …show more content…
From looking at the term hierarchy of privilege, it is easy to understand that it means when more privilege goes to the most superior group in society. Society as a whole now functions due to unseen privilege. Some people are more likely to undergo oppression while some are not. For example, young black men from socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods, are more likely to experience poverty than white men because the labour market discriminates against them by limiting their chances of gaining good …show more content…
This being said, this practise is now a norm in mainstream society. As mentioned above that power basically determines who gets what, Bromley states that “like all hierarchies, power is embedded in the dividing line between the two binaries” (51). This means that for a social identity marker, when divided into the two respective categories with binary division, one category is always more dominant than the other. For example, between women and men, men are the most dominant category (Bromley 51). Taken together, the privileges people have access to, are determined by power and which is influenced by identity markers.
Intersectionality also illustrates how hierarchy of privileges do not pay attention other individuals who cannot easily identify with the categories that society places them in. Bromley states these categories experience “fluidity, flux...interpenetration as well as resistance…” (51). That is, it will be hard for these individuals to be accepted into a social category. Building on the fact that Binary division has played a huge role in hierarchy of privileges, feminists believe that the motive behind it is wrong and they have labelled it as a “homogenizing process” (Bromley