CRM/LAW C113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Feminism, Mari Matsuda
27 Apr 2016
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He may have won the case had he instead asserted like anne hopkins that he was discriminated on the basis of gender stereotyping; you have to provide evidence between spectrum of masculinity and femininity and stereotypes surrounding that. Harassment because of sex vs harassment because of sexual orientation. Congress has not yet included sexual orientation in the civil rights amendment. Scholars: bell hooks, mari matsuda, tanya hernandez, bethany coston and. Several states primarily in the south have been enacting laws claiming that individuals should be able to discriminate against individuals who claim to be part of lgbt categories on the grounds of religious freedom. Not just about the intersection of race and gender, or multiple identity, but the legal consequences of intersecting multiple identities. Crenshaw argued that anti-discrimination law fails to comprehend the nature of societal discrimination that are faced by people who identify with multiple identities. Crenshaw provides examples of a black woman, a disabled asian man, and professor.
