CRM/LAW C113 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Feminist Legal Theory, Bank Teller, Mari Matsuda

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In the mid- to late 1980s, a number of legal theorists, principally women of color and lesbians, complained that feminist legal theory omitted their experiences and concerns. Feminist essentalism = that a unitary, essential", women"s experience can be isolated and described independently of race, class, sexual orientation, and other realities of experience. Argue that discrimination functions differently depending on a person"s combination of personal characteristics. It is the intersection of characteristics like sex, race, wealth, and sexual orientation that really suggests how people will treat you. Critical race feminists argue that legal doctrines in various areas, such as rape, sexual harassment, and domestic violence, do not adequately address discrimination based on the intersections of these categories. In the job market, poor women of color must overcome a triple disadvantage, as they confront challenges of income, sex, and race. The multiple categories of human identity suggest another insight of critical race feminism that people exhibit multiple consciousness.

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