Intersectional Feminists

Question 1

What are intersectional feminists main viewpoints?

Answer 1

• argued that early feminists theories ignored the experience of subordination found among black women and other minority ethinc groups
• accuse other feminists of ‘essentialism’
• suggest that other variants of feminists view their oppression in the eyes of white m/c women

Question 2

What are some synoptic links that can be made related to intersectional feminists?

Answer 2

• education: fullers study = black girls were labelled as loud and not academically smart
• however proved that they are just like their white female peers and got higher grades

Question 3

Evaluation of intersectional feminists?

Answer 3

STRENGTHS:
- recognised that there’s a lack of diversity and different experiences of women

WEAKNESSES:
- liberal and radical feminists: by emphasising the differences between women, intersectional fem deflect attention away from those problems shared by all women