Intersectionality is an analytical framework for understanding how groups' and individuals' social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege.

Although it has been predominantly used to explain the intersectionality of race and gender, intersectional theory is used to explain how any factors such as social class, religion, ethnicity, …

Dec 11, 2025 · Intersectionality is a term coined by professor Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989 to describe how different social categories interact, sometimes resulting in compounding effects …

Mapping intersectionality’s movements reveals at least this much. More fundamentally, articulating how intersectionality has moved—and the places to which it has travelled—makes …

Intersectionality Theory, first coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, is a framework used to understand how various forms of inequality, discrimination, and social identities (such as race, …

Nov 20, 2024 · Intersection theory in sociology, often referred to as intersectionality, analyzes how multiple aspects of identity (such as race, gender, and socioeconomic status) intersect to …

Intersectionality sheds light on the unique experiences that are produced when various forms of discrimination intersect with these converging identities.

Dec 17, 2025 · Intersectionality is a theoretical framework that originated in Black feminist thought and has since become widely adopted. However, the concept has traveled in ways that have …

Nov 18, 2025 · In other words, intersectional theory asserts that people are often disadvantaged by multiple sources of oppression: their race, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, …

An intersectional perspective examines how identities are related to each other in our own experiences and how the social structures of race, class, gender, sexuality, age, and ability …