The Importance of Intersectionality

Until the 1960s, it was commonly almost universally believed that various characteristics and behaviors were biologically determined in females. The idea that these things are immutable had to be attacked as a central core undergirding justification for women not being able to do what they want. This is where we came up with this whole concept of gender essentialism: Our body is not our destiny. We can do whatever we want as women. So once gender essentialism was demolished, then along comes some people who say, yeah, you're right. Not only are women not biologically determined to live in the kitchen, but they're not also biologically determined to be like women in any way. You could even want to

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