1. What is intersectionality and how it relates to gender-based racism. Intersectionality is a feminist sociological theory. According to Tomlinson (March 17, 2014). It is the study of the interactions of multiple systems of oppression or discrimination affecting marginalized groups. In 1989, the term “intersectionality” was coined by someone named Kimberlé Crenshaw. The term is particularly prevalent in black feminism, which maintains that the experience of being a black woman cannot simply be understood in terms of being black and being a woman, considered independently, but must include the interactions, which often reinforce each other. suggests that, and seeks to examine how, various biological, social and cultural categories such as race, gender, ability, sexual orientation, social class, species and other axes of identity interact at different multiple and often simultaneous levels, contributing to systematic injustice and social inequalities. inequality. Intersectionality is an important model for sociology, but challenges arise because too many intricacies are involved in creating multiple aspects of the formation of different concepts that explain how socially constructed categories of differentiation interact to create a social hierarchy (Tomlinson, March 7, 2014). For example, intersectionality considers that knowing that a woman lives in a sexist society does not constitute sufficient information to describe her experience; instead, it is also necessary to know one's race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, social class, etc., as well as society's attitude towards each of them in order to fully understand one's position within society. The expansion of intersectionality first began to focus primarily on the oppression of women within society. However, middle of paper ... plastic surgery. Yes, that troubled me a lot. You could redo your entire body for around $6,000. It looks like a paint job for a car. The mentality is, “If you’re unhappy with something in your body, get it fixed.” » The problem with plastic surgery is that even if one area of ​​the body is "fixed", there is always another reason to be upset. If someone has genuine body image issues, then 20 plastic surgeries won't fix what's broken inside. Of course, some people have very simple concerns. For example, they feel like they have an unusually large nose as defined by their culture. If they feel fundamentally good about themselves, then getting a nose job can help them feel good because that's all they were concerned about. But general public access to plastic surgery obscures the issue of body image..