Section: Patriarchy, power and intersectionality | Introductory course on Gender and Intersectionality

Section outline

In this module, power and patriarchy will be explored in depth - going beyond “male dominance” or “men vs women” and reflect on it as a systemic power/oppressive structure and understand the forms it can take. This will be done through day-to-day relatable examples to see how patriarchy operates at individual, family, societal and larger institutional levels. Further through the understanding of intersectionality, we unpack how patriarchy interacts with class, caste, religion, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation and reinforce oppressive structures and inequities.
- Select activity Something Like A War - 1991 - Deepa Dhanraj
  
  Something Like A War - 1991 - Deepa Dhanraj URL
  
  Reflect on the lived experiences of women in the documentary and how people are positioned in the narrative of population control policies.
  
  Please share your reflections in the discussion forum (min 100 words) and we'll discuss them further in the next live session.
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  Essential Readings
  
  Select activity ‘Difference’ through intersectionality by Kimberlé Crenshaw
  
  ‘Difference’ through intersectionality by Kimberlé Crenshaw File
  
  Chapter - ‘Difference’ through intersectionality by Kimberlé Crenshaw in the Book Dalit Feminist Theory: A Reader, edited by Sunaina Arya, Aakash Singh Rathore.
  
  Select activity An Unequal Heat: In Photos by Bhumuka Saraswati
  
  An Unequal Heat: In Photos by Bhumuka Saraswati URL
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  Other suggested resources on intersectionality
  
  Select activity Podcast episode - Grace Banu on how transgender lives have changed 10 years after NALSA
  
  Podcast episode - Grace Banu on how transgender lives have changed 10 years after NALSA URL
  
  Select activity Dalit Feminist Theory: A Reader, edited by Sunaina Arya, Aakash Singh Rathore
  
  Dalit Feminist Theory: A Reader, edited by Sunaina Arya, Aakash Singh Rathore
  
  Select activity Video: The urgency of intersectionality | Kimberlé Crenshaw | TED
  
  Video: The urgency of intersectionality | Kimberlé Crenshaw | TED URL
  
  Select activity Building Blocks of Brahmanical Patriarchy: An Interactive
  
  Building Blocks of Brahmanical Patriarchy: An Interactive URL
  
  Select activity The Myth of Population Control: Family, Caste, and Class in an Indian village by Mahmood Mamdani, 1946
  
  The Myth of Population Control: Family, Caste, and Class in an Indian village by Mahmood Mamdani, 1946 URL
  
  Select activity Video: Narayana Murthy is wrong: Indians are working too long and hard already | LME EP 50
  
  Video: Narayana Murthy is wrong: Indians are working too long and hard already | LME EP 50 URL

Section outline

Essential Readings

Other suggested resources on intersectionality