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Intersectionally Insufficient: A Necessary Expansion of the Social-Structural Lens

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  • Brown, Stephanie E. V.
  • Liu, Sin-Ning Cindy

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Miner et al.’s (2018) interpretation of gender inequity in STEM fields as a social-structural problem shifts the onus from “her†as the root of the problem to “us†as a society. However, despite noting the “even bleaker†outlook for women of color early on, the focal article lacks an intersectional focus, ignoring the differential experiences that exist between white women and women of color. Crenshaw's (1991) original work on intersectionality highlighted the fact that the experiences of women of color (WOC) often differ drastically from those of their White counterparts, and the subsequent body of intersectionality literature in a variety of fields reminds us that failing to include an intersectional perspective is an oversight we can no longer afford to make. With this in mind, we highlight the ways in which those at the intersection of both gender and racial minority status face a “double bind†(Malcom & Malcom, 2011), such that they are additionally disadvantaged by society's perceptions and expectations of the behavior of WOC.

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  • Brown, Stephanie E. V. & Liu, Sin-Ning Cindy, 2018. "Intersectionally Insufficient: A Necessary Expansion of the Social-Structural Lens," Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Cambridge University Press, vol. 11(2), pages 296-301, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:inorps:v:11:y:2018:i:02:p:296-301_00
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