Critical Social Theory

Intersectionality is a concept that considers interconnections

• among rare, class, gender, and other ascribed statuses.

• between rural and urban environments

• between time and place.

• of issues and troubles.

A _____________ is a special or unearned advantage over others in another social category.

• penalty

• privilege

• significant symbol

• social status

A 75-year-old woman who shoplifts is less likely to be noticed because her age (and to some extent her gender) makes her largely invisible. This “advantage” is known as a

• penalty.

• privilege.

• significant symbol.

• social status.

Each of us derives varying amounts of penalty and privilege from the multiple systems of oppression that frame our lives. Here “penalty” means

• special advantages and opportunities.

• prescribed ways of behaving.

• constraints on opportunities and choices.

• race, social class, and gender.

If you answer yes to the question: “Have you ever felt that the category to which you belong is superior to another category?” then you are part of the

• larger society

• mainstream.

• process known as institutional discrimination.

• system of oppression.

Sociologist Patricia Hill Collins argues that each of us derives varying amounts of penalty and privilege from multiple systems of oppressions that frame our lives.

• True

• False