Gender discrimination operates intersectionally, compounding the effects of other inequalities like race, class, sexuality, and immigrant status. Kimberle Crenshaw argues we must see discrimination as more than the sum of its parts and address all forms of inequality simultaneously to most effectively promote women's liberation. Tackling the intersecting aspects of gender discrimination alongside other inequalities is key to finding practical solutions.
Gender discrimination operates intersectionally, compounding the effects of other inequalities like race, class, sexuality, and immigrant status. Kimberle Crenshaw argues we must see discrimination as more than the sum of its parts and address all forms of inequality simultaneously to most effectively promote women's liberation. Tackling the intersecting aspects of gender discrimination alongside other inequalities is key to finding practical solutions.
Gender discrimination operates intersectionally, compounding the effects of other inequalities like race, class, sexuality, and immigrant status. Kimberle Crenshaw argues we must see discrimination as more than the sum of its parts and address all forms of inequality simultaneously to most effectively promote women's liberation. Tackling the intersecting aspects of gender discrimination alongside other inequalities is key to finding practical solutions.
Core Theory – Principles – Causes of Gender Discrimination
a. “a prism for seeing the way in which various forms of inequality often operate together and exacerbate (compound) each other.” - Kimberle Crenshaw i. “We tend to talk about race inequality as separate from inequality based on gender, class, sexuality or immigrant status. ii. What’s often missing is how some people are subject to all of these, and the experience is not just the sum of its parts.” - Kimberle Crenshaw II. Proponents a. Kimberle Crenshaw i. “If you see inequality as a ‘them’ problem or ‘unfortunate other’ problem, that is a problem.” III. Practicable Solution a. Tackling all inequalities like race, class, and gender simultaneously will have the greatest impact on liberation of women.