WGST 1808 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Wgst, Intersectionality, Transphobia

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1808
• Professor: Aalya Ahmad

Document Summary

Think about multiple identities & how they may be interconnected in complex ways. Tool for understanding how multiple systems of oppression may be interrelated. Identities are multiple identities include social categories we use to define ourselves (e. g. lesbian, aboriginal, able-bodied, wealthy, educated, immigrant, criminal, etc. ) Positionality: refers to our locations in our communities & the world, based on our class, geopolitical place, nationality, citizenship, religion, & level of education. Complexity lies in the ways in which our multiple identities simultaneously create our whole selves. Categorization informs our way of knowing by relating information & experiences to other similar and dissimilar information & experiences. Depends on distinct categories & reinforced binary divisions. Experiences & positionalities exist w/in frameworks of power, which are . Thought of as the way the pie is carved up & divided. Power is zero-sum or equal to one pie power is finite. Power is not simply possessed & wielded can be struggled against or can be shared.