Intersectionality
Intersectionality mainly focuses on the fact that we cannot generalize people’s identities and experiences.
Intersectionality is not satisfied with gender or discrimination related to gender as a source of suffering, but rather perceives other sources of suffering that intersect to form a structure in which social class, gender, race, and other sources of discrimination, violence, or entitlement.
Women’s experiences are not all the same, and what a white European woman prefers, experiences, or suffers from is different from what a Middle Eastern, Muslim, or black woman prefers, experiences, or suffers from.
Not all women are the same: Rural, non-urban, and multiple sources of discrimination intersect to form the experience and the suffering of each individual, which form an intersection with all the social, gender, economic, and cultural identities. There is no single general source of discrimination, nor a single general form of privilege and entitlement.
Intersectionality is also in the interest of men. Not all men are white, from the middle or wealthy classes, and not all of them live as corporate directors, influencers, or have political authority. When we think of intersectionality, we find it even more important as it enables us all, men and women, to see our identities in all their parts and diversities, and frees men from generalization and guilt.
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