The concept of “Intersectionality”
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The concept of “Intersectionality”
I perceive myself as a mixed blend of social groups such as sex, race, ethnicity, age, religion, and level of education, gender, economic status, and occupation. When I narrow down on my gender in specific, I realize that it has always affected my everyday life regarding my responsibilities, relationship and how I respond to other people in society. My gender has also affected how other people react towards me every time I interact with them. In this context, my sexuality is female and it has affected my gender when reacting with others. For example, when am having a phone conversation with a male and you happen to be around, you would note the difference in my tone from when I am conversing with a female. I tend to be more polite to males. This is automatic regardless of the strength of the social bond between us. The tone of a male talking to me is always different from that of females in that men are more polite towards me than females are. Another example is the way the society and I perceive my husband as the head of my family despite my monthly income is way much higher than that of my husband. Most of my family’s financial obligations such as school fees and other monthly bills are directed to my husband. I only come in to support him through mutual understanding.
My religion is another social group that has always interacted with my gender. Society perceives females to be more religious than males. In that regard, I always receive more church responsibilities at my local church than my husband or any other male in the church. I also regularly attend church functions than my male friends. In most of the church gatherings, I have also witnessed more women attendance than men, which has led to my conclusion that women are universally more religious regardless of the region and culture one may want to analyze.