• tquid@kbin.social
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    It’s as if, like, if you are a woman, and also in a disfavoured racial category, like, where they, uh, have overlap? Where they meet? It’s not the same as either one individually but its own, I guess nexus? I feel like there’s a better word for this

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      There’s a somewhat niche, but clever word for this particular combo - misogynoir

      Coined by Moya Bailey in 2010

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      I think it’s called a “double minority”, but being a woman isn’t really a minority tho so I don’t know if theres a better term than that.

      I feel bad for people who are black, lesbian, neurodivergent, and trans-woman… like that’s a quadruple minority.

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        The term is “intersectionality”. Conservatives really hated the term before they went all popeyed over “woke”.

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        but being a woman isn’t really a minority tho

        It depends on the context. In a Victoria’s Secret fashion show? Yeah, probably not the minority. In a tech role, which women are systemically harassed and bullied out of pursuing? Yeah, women are probably a minority.

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        That’s not what minority means in the sociological context. Volume is mathematical. Poor people are a minority and there’s more of them than the 1%. Being a minority is about lack of power, prestige and property. And intersectionality is the more formal term, but ‘double minority’ gets the point across.

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      idk the point of your snark… people are still figuring out intersectionality. just give some education or stfu, dont condescend to people who are making an effort.