Intersectionality And Domestic Violence

Intersectionality is a significant concept that is believed to be affecting every aspect of life. The correlation between different aspects, and the product of their effects is based on the idea of intersectionality. In simple words, intersectionality is where two or more points intersect. This point, this crest that is formed by the interaction of different views, is what the Crenshaws looking at. In her research of “almost routine violence that shapes their (women) lives” (Crenshaw, p533), she is trying to find the correlation between different aspects in the society at that time. Even though the domestic violence was recognized as a “broad-scale system of domination that affects women as a class” (Crenshaw, p533), it is not self creating.
Violence towards the family members or other people doesn't just appear, it arises from the social norms and the standards of the environment people live in. At that time, the identity based politics were at its peak; people were defined by “race, sex, class, sexual orientation or other characteristics.” (Crenshaws, p533). Two of the most discrimination things are racism and sexism, and sadly, they do impact real people lives. By themselves, those two human vices are not strong enough to survive, it is a “prevailing structure of domination shape”(Crenshaws, p533) that is responsible for all of the indignities that ordinary people are victims of.