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Intersectionality is an analytic tool for studying and challenging complex social inequalities at the nexus of multiple systems of oppression and privilege, including race, gender, sexuality, social class, nation, age, religion, and ability. Although the term has become widely used in psychology, debates continue and confusion persists about what intersectionality actually is and how best to ...
Aug 12, 2019 · Bowleg L. (2017). Intersectionality: An underutilized but essential theoretical framework for social psychology. In Gough B. (Ed.), The Palgrave handbook of critical social psychology (pp. 507–529). London, England: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Kaitlin McCormick-Huhn, Leah R. Warner, Isis H. Settles, Stephanie A. Shields
- 2019
Apr 12, 2017 · In line with contemporary posits that frame intersectionality as an analytical way of thinking (Cho et al., 2013; Collins, 2015; May, 2015), I highlight in this section what intersectionality can do for social psychology in terms of embracing the real-world complexities relevant to multiple interlocking social identities and the social-structural context of power and privilege.
- Lisa Bowleg
- 2017
Jan 29, 2024 · We must all take accountability for incorporating intersectionality into the future of social psychology. 3 OVERVIEW OF INTERSECTIONAL THEORIES As stated previously, intersectionality is a practice that makes our science more representative of the human experience as well as offers testable hypotheses regarding the perception, treatment, and experiences of intersectional identities.
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- 18, Issue2
- 29 January 2024
Special issue of the APA journal Translational Issues in Psychological Science, Vol. 6, No. 4, December 2020. This special issue introduces the topic of intersectionality and situates this social justice-oriented scholarship in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the racial justice uprisings of 2020, and ongoing debates about psychologists’ role in addressing social problems.
5 days ago · Applied to psychology, intersectionality can foster the increased use of a social justice lens, which reveals structural inequities and amplifies the voices of minoritized group members, to unpack how domains intersect in individuals' experiences (Settles and Buchanan 2014; Syed and Ajayi 2018).
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the goal of this chapter is to demonstrate why intersectionality is such an essential analytical framework for social psychology. I have organized the chapter into four sections. In the first section, I provide a historical overview of intersectionality. In the second section, using some of intersectionality's core tenets as a foundation, I critique some traditional assumptions of mainstream ...
