#intersectional issue

The unfair treatment of workers based on their pregnancy/potential to become pregnant is an intersectional issue due to the fact that many factors affect the issue, not just gender. Case studies show that people of color are more likely to face pregnancy discrimination. Many people in our society today still perceive women of different races, specifically Hispanic and African American women, to be of a lesser value than others. This leads to them being the victim of more discrimination in the work place. Not only does race affect the rate of discrimination, the social status of a woman is a significant factor as well. Because women of lower classes are already looked down upon by the general public, it is impossible to not face pregnancy discrimination. These women are unable to fend for themselves when dealing with a more powerful force, which allows the cycle of pregnancy discrimination in their work environment to continue. 

7th Post – Description of how this problem is an intersectional issue

Post #7

I believe the effects machismo has on children can be seen as an intersectional issue because it concerns issues of sexuality, gender, and age. I think the gender issue is easiest to identify. Young boys and girls are being affected in their development because of whatever sex they are identified as. Young boys are expected to be this tough independent individual; there is also this negative aspect in which they treat others around them, especially women. Because of machismo and the beliefs that go along with them, young girls can as well miss educational opportunities and be forced to fit certain gender roles. As we learned in one of the articles as well, these young girls will be forced to become accustomed to the disrespectful attitudes men have towards them.

In one of the links provided in my 10th post, we can see how machismo also affects a Latin person’s sexuality. The articles I provide focus on Hispanic men. Growing up, these men had machismo forced upon them. They feel forced to live up to this masculine expectation and not have any feminine attributes. Because of this, many people like the men in these articles struggle to come out and become the person they know they are. In the links as well the issue of class is incorporated. Being of a lower/higher class can have an effect on whether or not you come out and just how much support you are likely to get. Also, if a person is of a lower class, it is more likely they will not have educational knowledge and open-mindedness to accept a person’s sexuality.

This problem is an intersectional problem regarding class and education level. In terms of class, people of lower classes have less access to health care and options than others due to cost. This relates to transgender discrimination because if a personal of lower class is transgender, they have less access to materials and resources to undergo transition or if they do they are likely not as effective as others. This brings up the problem of “passing” which is very important for many trans people. With having a harder time passing, they may experience more discrimination in their place of business. Also, since lower class people tend to work in smaller businesses or hold lower positions, they are viewed as less important to the company and can be fired to be easily replaced and the trans person may not have the means to bring up an official case. Trans people of lower classes can become easier targets for discrimination making this an intersectional issue.

Mainstream feminism marginalizing Latinxs is an intersectional issues because is analyzes the cross section of race, gender, class, and even sexuality. Analyzing the reasons white women are at the forefront of feminist movement, and have been for so long, really cannot be answered with a singular issue. The privileges what cis white straight women who are receiving the biggest platforms blocks the space for latinxs, and other people of color, to share experiences. Within the Latinx community there are narratives of queer women, immigrant women, working class women, etc., that are not given the chance to come to center stage in academia, causing less value to be given to them. 

The discrimination against women in STEM education and professions is an intersectional issue because upon researching and learning about the issue, one will encounter topics of gender roles, gender wage gap, and gender attribution. For centuries, men have been viewed as the masculine role that does all the heavy and brain-work. Meanwhile, women were always the nurturers and caregivers. Due to such stereotypes, men stuck with the more difficult work such as STEM work, construction work, while most women went into care-giving services such as nursing and teaching. It was perceived that the woman’s role was to teach and nurture the youth, and leave the providing and building to the men. Since many people actually obeyed these stereotypes, when women crossed over into masculine fields of profession, it was deemed as unacceptable because the women weren’t obeying their gender roles as being nurturers and caregivers. Many men discriminate against the women as a means to show them and make them feel that they don’t belong in the masculine field of STEM as a means to discourage the women from continuing to pursue STEM education and careers.

7th Post

The violence against LGBTQI community members in Mexico is an intersectional issue because our culture is very rooted to certain ways of life and when people try to go in a different way they get very criticize and even murdered. Our culture has most of the time very close-minded ideas and because of this we can not accept other races, other sexual orientations and so on. Most Mexican people are catholic and the religion comes with a belief that God created men and women to be with each other, not man with man or woman with woman and that also contributes a lot with intersectionalism. But Catholicism is now more accepting of gay people.