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> "Additionally, many (most?) feminists believe in "intersectionality", the belief that sexism, racism, classism, ableism, and heterosexism act in intersecting
by ZenoArrow 12y ago
> "Additionally, many (most?) feminists believe in "intersectionality", the belief that sexism, racism, classism, ableism, and heterosexism act in intersecting ways"
Yes, of course they intersect, at their core they're all the same thing; judgements made based on human traits.
What does it matter whether people are judged based on gender, skin colour, etc... ? The point is, the judgements are being made whilst we build a picture of the world around us. The danger only comes when irrational traits are associated, when those being judged are not careful about self-fulfilling prophecies, and when people forget that stereotypes are a shortcut, never the whole picture.
- saraid216 12y agoWhile I was going to tell you to look up the term "kyriarchy", I decided to verify my spelling and instead found this write-up: https://rancom.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/why-no-one-should-use-that-word-kyriarchy-instead-of-patriarchy/ https://rancom.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/why-no-one-should-us... It has the double-barreled utility of both sufficiently explaining the term I wanted to introduce to you and provide a reasonable critique of it at the same time.