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Feminism and Intersectionality
Intersectionality explains how different types of identities come together to create new systems of discrimination/oppressions. Femenist Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw coined this term.
- Feminism has a dark past, an intersectional approach is critical to grow beyond that.
- It was created to understand how different identities mean different discriminations/oppressions.
- Feminism is not just about gender, it is about all marginalized groups.
Canada's poverty rate is higher than most developed countries - we rank 23rd out of 34 OECD countries.
Characterized by the unequal opportunities and rewards for different social position or statuses within a group or society.
Canada's poverty rate VS OECD average rate
11%
11.9%
There are several important dimensions within social inequality:
1.5 million women in Canada live on low income
Why should we focus on women in poverty ?
Helping poor women helps poor children
80% of lone-parent families are headed by women.
Almost 70% of part-time workers are women and 60% of minimum wage earners are female.
Women who interrupt their careers for at least three years due to maternity leave earn about 30% less than women with no children.
How to help women move out of poverty?
"Ain't I A Woman"
The Canadian Women's Foundation
- Sojourner Truth
The Invisible Knapsack
"Thinking through unacknowledged male privilege as a phenomenon, I realized that, since hierarchies in our society are interlocking, there are most likely a phenomenon of white privilege that was similarly denied and protected. As a white person, I realized I had been taught about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not to see on of its corollary aspects, white privilege, which puts me at an advantage."
Why are so many women in Canada poor?
"I can choose public accommodation without fearing that people of my race cannot get in or will be mistreated in the places I have chosen."