HLTHAGE 2BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Femininity, Masculinity, White Supremacy
16 Mar 2017
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Intersectionality is a progression of the feminist movement, not only a theory or a concept etc. In the 1980s feminists were criticised for ignoring minorities and being based on the ambitions of white women. Came about by feminists interested in critical race theory. It looks at how identities are impacted by social structures - from a macro and micro perspective. Perspectives on multiple minority identities: when feminists started their work they look at how gender was impacted by social structures. It didn"t change how distinct the combination could be new distinct identities produced: quantitative approach. Candace west and don zimmerman 1987 - how gender is important in est identity and how it promotes inequality: gender emerges through interactions with others - what you learn in school, media - how you are socialized. Doing gender - looking at gender in relation to the structural constraints they have. Marx - people consent to their oppression through the normative ideologies we hold.
