Intersectional Feminism

Intersectional feminism examines the way in which other types of discrimination converge with gender discrimination, and the way in which these two types of prejudice magnify each other. Intersectional feminism traditionally examines the way in which gendered and racial discrimination converge, but it also includes other categories such as sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and more.

Women who lie at the meeting of different systems of oppression are parcitulary vulernable. As Kimberle Crenshaw writes, "when systems of race, gender, and class domination converge... intervention strategies based solely on the experiences of women who do not share the same class or race backgrounds will be of limited help to women who because of race and class face different obstacles."

Domestic Violence
Intersectionality greatly influences the way women experience domestic violence, and yet most policymakers and scholars ignore the intersectional dimension of domestic violence. Immigrant women are much more vulnerable to domestic violence, because their partners can use the immigration status to control them and prevent them from leaving the relationship.

The meaning of domestic violence may "differ across racial or ethnic lines," particularly because this corresponds to socioeconomic status. While domestic violence occurs in all social classes, the severity of the violence tends to be inversely related to the social status of the victim. Research also suggests that gay men are often victims of domestic violence, but they are rendered invisible and this phenomenon is not discussed in the public sphere.

Victimization is often denied to women who lie at the intersection of different discriminations, however. Thus, they may not be able to receive the same systems of help that affluent white women are able to.