Gender: An Intersectionality Perspective

By S. Shields. 2008

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Social Psychology

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Feminism and the Evolution of Sex Differences and Similarities (2011, background): “…emphasis, known as the intersectionality perspective, other feminist psychologists have argued that male – female difference and similarity are patterned by other important social identities such as race, ethnicity, social class, handicap, and sexual orientation (e.g., Cole 2009; Shields 2008).”
Identity Development Theories in Student Affairs: Origins, Current Status, and New Approaches (2009, background): “experiences of marginalized individuals, intersectionality expands the analytic lens to include both multiple identities and larger social structures of power and inequality (Dill & Zambrana, 2009; Shields, 2008).”
Past, Present and Future Research on Multiple Identities: Toward an Intrapersonal Network Approach (2014, background): “A second distinguishing feature is that these analyses pay attention to the historical and structural inequalities among social groups (Essers, 2009; Hancock, 2007; Holvino, 2010; Ruiz Castro & Holvino, 2014; Shields, 2008).”
“I’m Not Going to Become No Rapper” (2013, background): “…the research on ethnic and racial identity— they reflect the macroculture in which they are embedded (Erikson, 1968) and that macroculture is one in which stereotypes about ethnicity, race, gender, and social class infuse every aspect of life (e.g., Newman, 2005; Omi & Winant, 1994; Shields, 2008).”
Gender and Emotion (2013, background): “I believe the most effective way to push past the essentializing impulse in the research process is to take intersectionality of social identities seriously (Shields, 2008).”
Conceptualization of Sexual Orientation Identity Among Sexual Minorities: Patterns Across Sexual and Gender Identity (2014, background): “Feminist intersectional theory emphasizes the importance of examining relationships among social identities as intersecting categories of oppression and inequality (Collins, 2000; Crenshaw, 1991; McCall, 2005; Shields, 2008) and is a potentially useful framework from which to consider the critique o”
Gender, Entrepreneurship, and the Formal–Informal Dilemma: Evidence from Indonesia (2015, methodology): “Relying on an original dataset collected in Indonesia, we take inspiration from the writings on gender and intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1991; Shields, 2008) and unpack the differences between various types of female entrepreneurs with regard to their preferences about”
Exploring Sexual Minority Women’s Experiences of External and Internalized Heterosexism and Sexism and their Links to Coping and Distress (2014, background): “From this approach, for each minority identity there is simply an accumulation of disadvantage, such that a sexual minority woman is doubly disadvantaged compared to a sexual minority man or a heterosexual woman (Shields 2008).”
Biosocial Construction of Sex Differences and Similarities in Behavior (2012, positive): “Therefore, some researchers now emphasize how identities pertaining to qualities such as race, ethnicity, social class, disability, and sexual orientation intersect gender identities and account for individual differences among women or men (Cole, 2009; Landrine & Russo, 2010; Shields, 2008 ).”
Intersectionality in Quantitative Psychological Research (2016, methodology): “Some have characterized intersectionality as more compatible with qualitative methods than quantitative methods (e.g., Bowleg, 2008; Shields, 2008).”
Affirming the Strengths in Men: A Positive Masculinity Approach to Assisting Male Clients (2013, background): “A man’s identity and expression of masculinity is connected to his social class, race, sexual orientation, ability status, religion, and other salient identities and roles (Shields, 2008).”
Culturally responsive computing: a theory revisited (2015, background): “In contrast, intersectionality examines ‘social identities which serve as organizing features of social relations, mutually constitute, reinforce, and naturalize one another’ (Shields 2008, 302).”
A Review of Organizational Strategies for Reducing Sexual Harassment: Insights from the U. S. Military (2014, background): “Intersectionality theory (Crenshaw, 1993) suggests that combinations of social group memberships (e.g., Black woman, gay man) place individuals in unique social positions that influence their perceptions of the world, their experiences, and life outcomes (Cole, 2009; Crenshaw, 1993; Shields, 2008).”
Surveillance and Sacrifice (2011, background): “301), intersectionality addresses the dynamic processes through which the multiple social identities to which individuals subscribe converge to shape their experiences (Shields, 2008).”