In American mythology, the dire wolf is a menacing creature with fierce eyes and steel-like fangs, lurking in the darkness and in the song, Dire Wolf, concertized by Grateful Dead. However, real dire wolves roamed America until about 9000 years ago.Probably the likeness shown here is as accurate as any ever drawn.n American mythology, the dire wolf is a menacing creature with fierce eyes and steel-like fangs, lurking in the darkness and in the song, Dire Wolf, concertized by Grateful Dead. However, real dire wolves roamed America until about 9000 years ago. Probably the likeness shown here is as accurate as any ever drawn.
Intersectionality (or intersectional theory) is a term first coined in 1989 by American civil rights advocate and leading scholar of critical race theory, KimberlÃ© Williams Crenshaw. It is the study of overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination.
There is some debate in the sociological community of how best to study the ways in which gender intersects with other cultural factors, like race and ethnicity. Many social scientists use one of two main approaches or perspectives within intersectionality theory: an intersecting approach or interlocking approach. Let's go ahead and explain these two different approaches further through an example.