Intersectionality of Gender

Intersectionality of Gender

Intersectionality is a notion that is used in sociological settings to theorize ways in which oppressive institutions are related and should be examined together rather separate from one another. Some oppressive institutions that are commonly named are, Race, Social Class, and Gender. There are many others but this paper will focus on the gender aspects of intersectionality. Gender is very important to understanding what intersectionality is, and then taking the meaning of intersectionality and seeing how it is important to the study of Gender. Gender is the main core of inequality and intersectionality; from there it branches out and we see the other factors that also relate to why society is the way they are. While discussing this is class there were many examples given about intersectionality but, I believe that, the work setting is the clearest example of inequality of gender. Intersectionality also comes out in this setting very clear cut. In the work setting, you see the higher end jobs are most mostly males and the middle/lower end job are predominately females. To get more in depth in analyzing this setting, you see that the males that are in the higher end job are Caucasian males with a high social class, and the lower end jobs are usually black women with a low social class. This shows the intersectionality in this example. It shows that race, and social classes are also factors that have to do with where many societies rank people in the work place. This is the primary reason that we use gender as the starting point in our analysis of intersectionality in this special issue. We do not suggest that gender is always and everywhere the most important social identity, but it is the most pervasive, visible, and codified (Shields 2008).
Lastly, intersectionality has expanded our understanding of gender, and puts everything into a better outlook. Intersctionality makes it easier to look at gender and understand what is wrong with the certain characteristic...

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