Intersectional Invisibility: The Distinctive Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiple Subordinate-Group Identities

By Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Richard P. Eibach. 2008

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Racialized Sexism/Sexualized Racism: A Multimethod Study of Intersectional Experiences of Discrimination for Asian American Women (2018, background): “First discussed by Kimberle Crenshaw in 1988, intersectionality (Cole, 2009; Crenshaw, 1988; Purdie-Vaughns & Eibach, 2008; Steinbugler, Press, & Dias, 2006) provides a conceptual framework to understand experiences of discrimination that focus on a person’s multiple identities, in this case racism…”
The impact of silo mentality on team identity: an organisational case study (2012, unknown): “…2006; Stark-Rose, Lokken & Zarghami, 2009), anthropology (Torres-Rouff, 2008), sociology (Wade & Brittan-Powell, 2000; Yount, 2004; Heaven, 1999a; Purdie-Vaughns & Eibach, 2008; Swann, Kwan, Polzer & Milton, 2003) and psychology (Anthony, 2005; Lipponen & Leskinen, 2006; Mali, 2006; Noels &…”
Social Categorization and the Perception of Social Groups (2012, background): “However, work by Purdie-Vaughns and Eibach (2008) paints a more complicated picture: they argue that individuals whose identities involve intersection of more than one socially devalued group may experience social invisibility.”
Impressions at the intersection of ambiguous and obvious social categories: Does gay + Black = likable? (2011, background): “Given the virtual invisibility of multiply-stigmatized people in cultural narratives and media (Purdie-Vaughns & Eibach, 2008), however, it seems unlikely that people have well-formed representations of Black gay men.”
SELF-REPORTED EXPERIENCES OF DISCRIMINATION AND HEALTH: SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES, ONGOING CONTROVERSIES, AND EMERGING ISSUES (2015, background): “…of effects, intersectionality, has been most frequently utilized to characterize the experiences of African American women (Crenshaw 1989, Purdie-Vaughns & Eibach 2008), researchers have noted the advantage of this approach for understanding the unique experiences of HIV-positive gay…”
Intersectionality and Disability Harassment (2012, background): “In intersectionality research, debate has centered on whether people with multiple memberships experience more discrimination than those with single membership (Purdie-Vaughns & Eibach, 2008).”
Is Man the Measure of All Things? A Social Cognitive Account of Androcentrism (2018, background): “Note that androcentrism has sometimes instead been defined as a male bias in typicality (e.g., “men as prototypical,” Purdie-Vaughns & Eibach, 2008, p. 381).”