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Daddy Papa Sociology

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Intersectionality is the framework I will be using as my analytical anchor for this assignment. The term intersectionality was originally coined by a lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist named Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw. During a case she was following, Kimberlé created the term intersectionality to explain how a group of women were not being beaten solely because they were black, nor were they beaten solely because they were women, but rather that they were both black and women (00:57 of video). Intersectionality is the explanation of how society operates with intersecting and overlapping systems of oppression, discrimination, and domination. The theory tries to explain the multitude of societal layers, individual identities and …show more content…

Daddy Papa was a fantastic film about several homosexual men, their pursuit to become fathers, and their various struggles. I will be using intersectionality as my focal point within the context of Daddy Papa. To start I want to focus on one of the comments said by one of the fathers in the movie about heterosexual couples "all straight people have to do is [have sex], but gay people have to give all their life story". The men in this story not only are disadvantaged because they are homosexuals in a heteronormative society but also because they are people who cannot naturally reproduce. Not to mention that the adoption system is set up in such a way so that people (gay or not) have a very hard, time consuming process before they are able to bring their child home. Another situation I wanted to address was the intersectionality of the single father and his adopted son. He was a gay, white, single, male raising a black son with developmental needs. Not only was he oppressed because of reasons stated previously but also did not gain the benefit of another person for emotional stability and financial support. The father also stated problems of raising a black son as a white man because most people don't believe that he is actually his son. Finally there could be misunderstandings that his son's disability came from or was facilitated by his father's

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