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Triple jeopardy? Mental health at the intersection of gender, race, and class
Rosenfield, Sarah - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 11, pp. 1791-1801
Structural theories of stratification predict that groups with low positions in social hierarchies experience high rates of mental health problems. Extensions of this approach such as a triple jeopardy hypotheses claim that groups that are subordinate in multiple stratification systems such as...
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Towards the inclusion of gender and sex in health research and funding: An institutional perspective
Sharman, Zena; Johnson, Joy - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 11, pp. 1812-1816
In this commentary, we reflect on the challenges of incorporating gender and sex into health research and funding and discuss some of the strategies we have employed in our efforts to overcome them. We write from our vantage point within Institute of Gender and Health, one of the 13 institutes...
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Surprising intersectionalities of inequality and privilege: the case of the arts and cultural sector
Tatli, Ahu; Ozbilgin, Mustafa - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the difficult territory of intersectionality as it relates to inequality and … regimes is located in the extant literature. Then, it aims to study the dynamics of intersectionality in the arts and cultural … sector, which offers an ideal setting with interesting and counter-intuitive outcomes of intersectionality. Design …
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Explaining the Health Gap Experienced by Girls and Women in Canada: A Social Determinants of Health Perspective
Benoit, Cecilia; Shumka, Leah; Vallance, Kate; … - In: Sociological Research Online 14 (2009) 5, pp. 9-9
In the last few decades there has been a resurgence of interest in the social causes of health inequities among and between individuals and populations. This \'social determinants\' perspective focuses on the myriad demographic and societal factors that shape health and well-being. Heeding calls...
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Challenging women’s vulnerability: feminist representations of rape in Sexto Sentido, a Nicaraguan soap opera for social change
Donzelli, S. - International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus … - 2010
This paper considers explanations of rape related to perceptions of women’s vulnerability and of men’s violence and strength as problematic, because of the limitations they impose on women’s agency. Under the framework of poststructuralist feminist politics of rape and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683762
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Challenging women’s vulnerability
Donzelli, Donzelli, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2010
This paper considers explanations of rape related to perceptions of women’s vulnerability and of men’s violence and strength as problematic, because of the limitations they impose on women’s agency. Under the framework of poststructuralist feminist politics of rape and politics of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149199
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Race, gender, class, sexuality (RGCS) and hypertension
Veenstra, Gerry - In: Social Science & Medicine 89 (2013) C, pp. 16-24
Informed by intersectionality theory, a tradition that theorizes intersecting power relations of racism, patriarchy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011042638
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At the intersection of sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and cervical cancer screening: Assessing Pap test use disparities by sex of sexual partners among black, Latina, and whit...
Agénor, Madina; Krieger, Nancy; Austin, S. Bryn; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 116 (2014) C, pp. 110-118
challenge for public health. Guided by ecosocial theory and intersectionality, we used data from the 2006–2010 National Survey … and intersectionality can be used in tandem to conceptually and operationally elucidate previously unanalyzed health …
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Looking Like a Russian. Russian Migrants in Finland: Social Characteristics and Clothing Consumption
Gourova, Olga - In: Journal of Economic Sociology 14 (2013) 2, pp. 17-41
even slightly. Using intersectionality approach, the author examines the differentiation in migrants’ clothing styles …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100283
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Identity/Time
Knauer, Nancy J. - In: Laws 2 (2013) 3, pp. 362-375
This paper engages the unspoken fourth dimension of intersectionality—time. Using the construction of <em …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011030656