Hi I need help with a mini essay due on Thursday night. Use the 2 readings below and no other outside resources to answer the prompt. The prompt is as follows:
“Intersectional feminist theory illuminates how we are comprised of an array of social identities that are subject to interlocking systems of oppression that form a matrix of domination. How does this theory expand Foucault’s concept of disciplinary power, such as with the medical gaze? Explicate a specific example of this intersectional expansion of Foucault from the assigned reading: Kai Shappley: A Trans Growing Up in Texas.”
Foucault’s discussions are relevant to intersectional feminist theory through other readings. Bartky (1997) describes women’s position and role in society through Foucault’s ideas and patriarchal power. She notes that women have received a lower, more reserved, and undermined position in society due to the structures and institutions. From her discussion, society has accorded more power to men than women. Shifting that power to favor women is a difficult task. Women are judged by their physical elements, as many societies assume that women’s bodies reflect who they are (Bartky, 1997). These expectations, for example, that women should be slender and graceful, she explains, are meant to make women occupy lower positions in society. They are meant to make women appear submissive and less dominative
