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How is pregnancy discrimination an 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. 

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

The issue of eating disorders in relation to body image is an intersectional issue because it affects people of different gender, race and class. Since everyone is exposed to media appearance ideals through TV, social media or magazines, negative body image is very common among people of different gender race and class. For example Serena Williams, a tennis player also talked her issues with body image and how body shaming that was done towards her really had an impact on her. She tried to not let it get to her and said she was really happy with her body but it is not okay for media to continue body shaming her. Everyone is built differently and that shouldn’t be the focus of media when it comes to celebrities but rather how hard they have worked. As celebrities are also people and can also be negatively affected by the constant body shaming from media. Serena William is an African American No. 1 women’s singles tennis player, yet she still faces such pressure from media about her body image.

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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.

I also think this issue includes the aspect of age. Because these children are younger and depend on their caretakers, their development and discipline can be affected. Like investigated in one of my scholarly articles, machismo can have an effect in the way children are disciplined. A family with a stronger sense of machismo is more likely to physically punish their child.

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Intersectionality

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.

The level of education a trans person has achieved can also affect their position in the workplace. With less education people tend to have either a lower position in a large organization or a moderate position in a small organization. The problem is trans people, once they come out at work as trans may be targeted for discrimination or being fired, using the lack of education as the justification. It may also be hard to bring a case if one is part of a smaller organization because there is less focus on smaller organizations than large, nationwide organizations. Both of these issues show that being transgender can affect people of different classes and education levels in varying ways. It is an intersectional issue because trans people are not a single group that is completely separated from the rest of society. They can be parts of other groups as well demonstrating that it is not just a Trans person issue.

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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. 

Further more, with mainstream feminism painting latinx men as only being savage sexist animals we loose those allies. We often over look the ways in which mainstream feminism can alienate latinx trans folk and gender non conforming people. In times in white mainstream feminism reaches beyond white cis women and brings in lgtbq folks or men they usually bring forth homonormative gay/lesbian people, or white passing transwomen. We need to expand beyond that with Latinx folk. We want to step forth with all sisters and brothers. 

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Post 7- Intersections of Issues

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.

The topic also touches on the gender wage gap. Recent studies have shown that women in STEM fields are paid more than men in non-STEM jobs, but still make less than men in STEM. The wage gap between men and women in the STEM fields is smaller than the wage gap between women and men in non-STEM fields (Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation. pg.4). In addition to touching upon the wage gap, there’s a relatable discussion of gender attribution. Women are viewed as feminine creatures who are sweet, nice, with attractive personalities and physical features. Some of the women who choose to stick with STEM education and careers deal with the discrimination by altering their persona. The women attempt to show the men that they are serious by becoming more assertive, and perceiving to them that they aren’t as feminine as they think (Makarova, Aeschlimann, Herzog, pg.9). In doing so, women are changing their gender attribution to be viewed as more masculine to be accepted into masculine fields of study.

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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. 

The class definitely has a lot to do with this problem because most people in mexico are from a low class which means lack of education at a very young age and this means that they are not going to get educated on this topic instead they are going to follow the beliefs that their parents have thought the which most of the time are wrong and very close-minded. Very few people have the privilege of being in a high class environment and some of this people might understand LGBTQI people better,but even in this social status persist the bullying against this people because of our rooted culture.

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Inter-sectional Issue

Male calling themselves feminist can be an intersectional issue because male who are known as white cis male feminist may have a different view in feminism politics than men of color. Men of color have a higher chance of being oppressed than white heterosexual men. So when it does come to women who say that men cannot feel oppression, they are mostly speaking of white heterosexual men. Men of color are often the ones who recognize that women are oppressed because they are too oppressed not because of their sex, but because of their color of skin.