Power, Inequality and Identification: Exploring Diversity and Intersectionality amongst Older LGB Adults
Power, Inequality and Identification: Exploring Diversity and Intersectionality amongst Older LGB Adults
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DOI：
10.1177/0038038510375738
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发表时间：
2010-10-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
King, Andrew
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作者：
Cronin, Ann;King, Andrew
本文探讨了多样性和交叉性理论如何提高我们对老年女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋（LGB）成年人生活的理解。在这样做的时候，它认为，多样性的理论帮助我们理解的结构性限制和优势，可能会出现从一个年长的LGB成年人。然而，这些理论无法完全解释这个社会群体内部可能存在的差异。为了解决这一遗漏，我们认为，我们需要超越对多样性本身的关注，纳入交叉性理论所建议的身份的多样性。最后，我们评估这场辩论的政策和研究的影响。在整篇文章中，我们借鉴了现有的研究以及我们自己对老年LGB成年人的实证研究。
This article explores how theories of diversity and intersectionality can improve our understandings of the lives of older lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults. In so doing, it argues that theories of diversity help us to understand both the structural constraints and the advantages that may arise from being an older LGB adult. However, these theories are unable to fully account for differences that may exist within this social group. In order to address this omission, we argue that we need to move beyond a focus on diversity per se, to incorporate the multiplicity of identities suggested by intersectionality theory. We conclude by assessing the implications of this debate for policy and research. Throughout the article we draw on existing research as well as our own empirical studies with older LGB adults.