Inequality Occurs Is Intersectionality

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Since social inequality as been around for decades, it is sometimes hard to notice what feeds this disproportion in social status. One concept that can aid in understanding why inequality occurs is intersectionality. This idea changes the notion that gender is an isolated social factor because it states that gender and other aspect of a person’s identity, such as socioeconomic status, race and age, intersect (Wade and Ferree 84). Intersectionality helps explain why certain people face more prejudice than others; for example, a Caucasian homosexual female may face less prejudice than a Hispanic homosexual female. Even though both belong to a gender and a sexual minority the difference in the amount of prejudice they are experiencing is due