SOCIOL 1360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Male Privilege, White Privilege, Intersectionality
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Understanding concepts: privilege: unearned assets that a group of people get or benefit from as a result of being part of that group. One must think of think of this in terms of intersectionality; i may not have male privilege, but i have white privilege: oppression: one group is positioned to dominate and subordinate another group. (cid:862)ho(cid:449) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:271)e opp(cid:396)essed if this pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ula(cid:396) o(cid:374)e is (cid:449)ealth(cid:455) a(cid:374)d (cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:449)ho is (cid:374)ot (cid:272)o(cid:373)es to fi(cid:454) the plu(cid:373)(cid:271)i(cid:374)g? (cid:863) Me(cid:374) do(cid:374)"t like to thi(cid:374)k of (cid:373)othe(cid:396)s/siste(cid:396)s/daughte(cid:396)s/et(cid:272). as being oppressed. (cid:862)ho(cid:449) (cid:272)a(cid:374) the(cid:455) (cid:271)e opp(cid:396)essed if so-and-so did such-and-su(cid:272)h? (cid:863: hillary clinton running for president; women obviously cannot be oppressed, sexism: any prejudice or discrimination (stereotypes) against someone on the basis of gender. What is feminism: (cid:862)fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)is(cid:373) is a (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t to e(cid:374)d se(cid:454)is(cid:373), se(cid:454)ist e(cid:454)ploitatio(cid:374), a(cid:374)d opp(cid:396)essio(cid:374)(cid:863) (hooks 2015) Does(cid:374)"t di(cid:396)e(cid:272)tl(cid:455) state e(cid:395)ual (cid:396)ights; this (cid:449)ould i(cid:373)pl(cid:455) (cid:449)a(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g e(cid:395)ual (cid:396)ights within the system that already exists.
