Intersectionality

“It’s Not You, It’s Me!” Despite there seems to be a tradition of oppression towards women found in most- if not all- societies. The oppression of women can be traced back into early civilizations, but why? The patriarchal society that is rooted in most countries is a form of inequality, favoring men over women. Although the issue of women oppressing other women is a topic not discussed enough, but should be. In order to understand why the oppression of women is still taking place, one must…

Have you ever met a person that was just…so optimistic…so…cool? A person who could just take the world in and be easy about it all and everyone listened to him or her because what he or she had to say was just, you know, right? Well, in the world of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, there aren’t too many characters that are optimistic and not oppressed by the migrant lifestyle. In fact, there’s only one character who, throughout the whole book, is what you would call optimistic, and his name is Slim.…

When talking to my friends and family about classes, they are interested in that one class that stands out the most, Women’s Studies. Then the conversation gets deeper into what the class has learned so far, what feminism is and our opposing or similar views on the subject. Specifically this time I asked certain questions such as “how they defined feminism? “, “What they thought Women’s Studies was?” and “How have they experienced power, privilege or oppression in their life?” The official…

The critical piece of literature, “A Black Feminist Statement” by the Combahee River Collective, provides its readers with the backbone of what Black feminism is. The Combahee River Collective is a collection of Black feminists that established itself in 1974. Their fundamental cause is fighting “against racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class oppression” (A Black Feminist Statement 210). The Combahee River Collective, in other words, sees Black feminism as “the logical political movement to…

Nevertheless, Beauvoir asserts that individuals may fail to recognize this oppressive treatment and thus, accept it as usual treatment. As a result, Beauvoir argues that individuals have a duty to assert their freedom, especially if others impede it. Beauvoir states, “…the oppressed can fulfill his freedom as a man only in revolt, since the essential characteristic of the situation against which he is rebelling is precisely its prohibiting him from any development…” It is morally acceptable for…

Throughout history, women have been oppressed and silenced. The oppression of women began at the start of civilization when a need for a hierarchy arose. Since then, men have almost always landed at the top of that hierarchy. This oppression of women exists all around the world today with societal gender expectations and Middle Eastern women not being able to show any skin in public, among many other things. The oppression women face has become more complex and underhanded as society progresses.…

What is a women’s place in the world so many cultures have a different view of what a woman’s value is but quiet clearly it is always under a man. We have explored two movies which show the exploitation of women and how little their lives mean in the face of the oppressors which in these movies where a group of men. “What do we do when those with all of the power are hurting those with none”. In both movies the oppressors are able to keep all of their power through others submitting giving…

Privilege is what I consider, an advantage a group of individuals have over everyone else in society. They can live their lives without having to modify to anything they encounter. This includes being able to go shopping, and having a plethora of options because the stores offers mainly your size. This also, includes being able to get a job because you have a “clean” appearance. A person is privileged, when they are not constantly being followed by sales associates in the store. Privilege is…

I am applying intersectionality and the sociological imagination to my intersecting identities: gender, race, and class. By employing intersectionality and the sociological imagination, I am analyzing how my positionality affected my personal experiences while connecting those events with society. I am also employing the sociological imagination to five peer reviewed articles. In sociology, positionality examines one’s position of power and how their relationship is affected by social hierarchy.…

Wade and Ferree describe intersectionality as “ gender is not an isolated social fact about us, but instead intersects with our other identities” (2015: 84). Intersectionality, quite literally, observes the intersections within individuals’ identities; what people encounter is based upon their race, gender, sexual orientation, and more. On the other hand, Wade and Ferree define gender strategy as “finding a way of doing gender that works for us as unique individuals who are also shaped by other…