“It is not our
differences
that divide us.
It is our
inability to
recognize,
accept, and
celebrate
those
differences.” –
Audre Lorde
Woman
Diversity matters.
Definitions
“When feminism does not
explicitly oppose racism, and
when antiracism does not
incorporate opposition to
patriarchy, race and gender
politics often end up being
antagonistic to each other and
both interests lose.”
- Kimberlé Crenshaw
Intersectionalism—the study of intersections
between forms or systems of oppression,
domination or discrimination; coined by Kimberlé
Crenshaw in 1989
Patriarchy—a social system in which males hold
social power.
Feminism—a collection of movements and
ideologies which share a common stated aim: to
define, establish, and defend equal political,
economic, cultural, and social rights for women.
NOTE
Summary
Woman is a morality play aimed to illustrate the
importance of intersectionality as it pertains to
feminism.
The protagonist, Woman, is met with a not so
subtle threat delivered by the antagonist,
Patriarchy, to put her “back in the kitchen” if she
doesn’t learn how to be a good feminist.
Everyman to Woman
Everyman is a morality play that dates back to the
15th century. Morality plays were often used in
order to teach the masses how to be good
Christians. The play uses allegorical characters to
examine the question of salvation and what man
must do to attain it.
Woman has taken on this story book form of
theatrics just the same.
Resources
Everyman by Anonymous
Her Turn by Vicki Donlan with Helen French Graves
Sex Typing and Social Roles by Beverly Duncan and
Otis Dudley Duncan with James A. McRae Jr.
Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S.
Women’s History edited by Vicki L. Ruiz and Ellen Carol
Dubois
Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity
Politics, and Violence against Women of Color by
Kimberlé Crenshaw
The action is in front of the screen. The actor
behind the projector is to take on a person
behind the curtain essence but given the current
venue, a current is not physically present. Use
your imagination. Take part in the magic of
theater.