Intersectionality of sexuality and poor immigrant women
Intersectionality of sexuality and poor immigrant women
Basically, intersectionality refers to the study of intersections between systems or forms of domination, discrimination or oppression. While race, class and power intersection constitute the major structural elements of many Latina and black women experience in shelters of battering, it is worth noting that sexuality intersection exist in other sites. For the poor immigrant women, their condition of being immigrants can put them in a vulnerable status that are coercive, though not reducible to the economic class easily (Lockhart & Danis, 2010). For instance, according to the immigration Act of 1986, someone who moved to the United States and got married to a citizen of the United State had to remain under such marriage for two years prior to making application for a status of being a permanent resident. At this time. Under this kind circumstances, it is worth noting that most poor immigrant women were not willing to leave their husband even if they were most abusive. This is because they feared deportation.
Poor immigrant women mostly opted for protection against being deported than opting for protection against their most abusive partners (Chow, Segal, & Tan, 2011). It is important to put in mind that most poor immigrant women, especially black women have remained most vulnerable due to the fact that they lack the capacity of meeting the conditions that are established for a waiver. The required evidence for waiver to be supported can include but not restricted to affidavits and reports from the police, psychologists, agencies for social service, officials from schools as well as the medical personnel. Poor immigrant women are also likely to be vulnerable to violence by their spouses simply because most of them rely on their men for important information concerning their legality (Schiek & Lawson, 2011). In most cases, most women that are currently permanent residents still continue with suffering from abuse under threat of being deported by their partners. Women that lack freedom to information access will continue being intimidated by the threats of deportation even if such threats are unfounded.
References
Chow, E. N., Segal, M. T., & Tan, L. (2011). Analyzing gender, intersectionality, and multiple inequalities: Global, transnational and local contexts. Bingley, UK: Emerald.
Lockhart, L. L., & Danis, F. S. (2010). Domestic violence: Intersectionality and culturally competent practice. New York: Columbia University Press.
Schiek, D., & Lawson, A. (2011). European Union non-discrimination law and intersectionality: Investigating the triangle of racial, gender and disability discrimination. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Pub.
