Historically, intersectionality has been an underutilized framework in sociological research on racial/ethnic and gender inequalities in health. To demonstrate its utility and importance, we conduct an intersectional analysis of the social stratification of health using the exemplar of hypertension-a health condition in which racial/ethnic and gender differences have been well-documented. Previ...

This paper explores how theories of diversity and intersectionality can improve our understandings of the lives of older lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults. In so doing, it argues that theories of diversity help us to understand both the structural constraints and the advantages that may arise from being an older LGB adult. However, these theories are unable to fully account for differences...

BACKGROUND Better understanding and addressing health inequities is a growing global priority. OBJECTIVE In this paper, we contribute to the literature examining complex relationships between biological and social dimensions in the field of health inequalities. Specifically, we explore the potential of intersectionality to advance current approaches to socio-biological entwinements. DESIGN ...

INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY DEVELOPS BASED ON NUMEROUS WAYS IN WHICH people differ, such as along the lines of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, ability status, and social class. The way in which these factors are weighted and the way they intersect in a person’s life may create disadvantages or privileges for her or him. It is important for social work professionals to understand ...

People occupy multiple social categories simultaneously (e.g., a White female), and this complex intersectionality affects fundamental aspects of social perception. Here, we examined the possibility that infant face processing may be susceptible to effects of intersectionality of sex and race. Three- and 10-month-old infants were shown a series of computer-generated face pairs (5 s each) that d...

In this essay, I make the case that the intersectionality framework is useful to explain the high level of obesity among Black women. I describe how the intersectionality framework reformulates the examination of racial and gender disparities in health by deconstructing traditional frames of Whiteness and maleness. Next, I discuss key barriers that operate as mechanisms to reduce Black women’s ...

This article empirically charts how a discursive construction of the separation race and racial justice organizing, “intersectionality” serves to uphold white supremacy efface intersectional marginalization among people colour. Undertaking first study UK policymakers practitioners in equality organizations understand operationalize “intersectionality”, it maps “generic intersectionality”, which...