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[–] gravityowl@lemm.ee 72 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think it's both. It probably starts with gender discrimination (as the medical field highly favors men. Look at the differences in how we are taught about heart attacks for men and women for example) but then on top of that, it adds the racial discrimination.

Black women (and especially queer black women) are among the most discriminated groups sadly

[–] dexa_scantron@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

That's why the term "misogynoir" exists. It's both, and they pile on and increase each other.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 13 points 3 weeks ago

The more general term is "intersectionality"

[–] gravityowl@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

Absolutely. I was thinking specifically about intersectionality when I wrote that, but misogynoir also applies.

I didn't want to simply write "that's intersectionality" and leave though, that's why I wrote about a more practical example instead

[–] cuerdo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] tetris11@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

misogynoir

I'm trying to work what kind of film genre that would be.

Probably a mix between 1950s film noir (read: well-dressed white men in fedoras slapping hysterical dames) and 1970s blaxploitation film (read: well-dressed black pimps in capes slapping back-talking street workers).

The fusion of tropes probably means that the women depicted are either given cartoonish-level plot armour to endure the abuse, or, more darkly, never make it past the first scene.