Intersectionality
True or false: Intersectionality is only about identity, not about systems of power.
What is False?
What term describes the expectation that men must appear unemotional, dominant, and tough?
What is toxic masuclinity?
This concept describes how media often shows the world from a heterosexual male perspective, objectifying women and presenting them as visual pleasure for men.
What is the male gaze?
When society judges people based on body size, looks, or ability, this is called…
What is body policing/body shaming?
The idea that some bodies are more valuable than others.
Intersectionality helps analyze institutions like law, policing, and this.
What is healthcare?
What do we call the invisible advantages men get just for being men?
What is male privilege?
Lack of LGBTQ+ characters in kids’ media sends this message.
What is fear of queerness/exclusion/homophobia?
Sexualizing women’s bodies in media reinforces this.
What us objectification?
Disability studies critiques feminism when it assumes all women experience this the same way.
What is autonomy?
This scholar coined “intersectionality” to show how Black women are erased by single-axis frameworks.
Who is Kimberlé Crenshaw?
This feminist author explains patriarchy in simple terms and says it harms everyone, including men.
Who is Bell Hooks?
When LGBTQ+ characters appear only as jokes or stereotypes, this is called…
What is tokenism?
Trying to “fix” intersex bodies to fit only male or female categories is an example of this.
What is enforcing the gender binary?
Feminist disability theory values this over independence.
What is interdependence?
What term describes judging and viewing women of color by white, middle-class gender standards?
What is white feminism/cultural bias?
“The Egg and the Sperm” exposes patriarchy in this field by showing how gender stereotypes are embedded in scientific language.
What is reproductive biology?
What term refers to repeatedly casting LGBTQ+, Black, or women characters in stereotypical roles?
What is typecasting?
What do we call the political control of reproductive choices, contraception, or abortion?
What is reproductive control/governance?
What do we call spaces, systems, or buildings that exclude disabled people by design?
What is inaccessible environment?
A group of Black feminists argued that racism, sexism, and class oppression happen at the same time.
Who is the Combahee River Collective?
Jessica Valenti’s Cult of Virginity shows how patriarchal power controls women through expectations around this.
What is sexual purity?
Lila Abu-Lughod critiques this trope about Muslim women.
What is the “saving” narrative?
Jessica Valenti says the obsession with “purity” turns girls’ bodies into this.
What is a moral measuring stick?
What does “compulsory able-bodiedness” mean in disability studies?
The societal expectation that everyone should be, or aspire to be, able-bodied.