Iris Young’s “Five Faces of Oppression” defines oppression within the context of justice and injustice. She asserts that oppression is too broad a term and requires more specific subdivisions. For this reason, Young proposes five types of oppression – exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence. According to Young, exploitation Continue reading
Five faces of oppression by Iris Young is a well-written, multi-perspective article about the history and modern-day effects of oppression in the United States. Young begins to state the definition of oppression and who are the receiving groups of these issues. She makes it a point in her article to Continue reading
The Five Faces of Oppression written by Iris Young attempts to define and describe what oppression is and how oppression can appear in different forms. Young talks about oppression in order to highlight what injustice looks like in the United States in opposition to justice. To start off, Young points Continue reading
In the article “Five Faces of Oppression” by Iris Young she delves into the hindrances that affect various groups all over the world. Early on, Young expresses that there is no clear cut way of defining oppression and the way it impacts different groups, including intersectionality. The article expands into Continue reading
The article I just read, Five Faces of Oppression, is very different in comparison to other texts I’ve read. It actually enlightened me and made me aware of different groups who are oppressed that I see on a day to day basis in America. Before this article, I wouldn’t even Continue reading
In Irish Young’s Five Faces of Oppression, she lays out five major components of oppression that may be used singularly or in any combination to oppress a group of people: exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism and violence. To put things in context, Young starts out by explaining the point that Continue reading
This article ” Five Faces of Oppression” written by Iris Young was written and publish in 1990. Young in her article explains that all forms of oppression consist of exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence. The 90s was a time where homophobia, sexism, ageism and racism were seen quite Continue reading
Iris Young was an American theorist and feminist. Young’s focus was on justice and social differences.She specifically focused on the multiple meanings that are associated with the word oppression. Young explains how their is no singular clear definition of oppression. Instead she argues that all oppression is composed of five Continue reading
Iris Young’s “Five Faces of Oppression” was published first in Justice and Politics of Difference (1990). Young was born January 2, 1949 in New York. She is known as an American political theorist and social feminist. Her work, “Five Faces of Oppression” essentially argues that all forms of oppression consists Continue reading
Iris Young’s Five Faces of Oppression is an article that thoroughly explains how the systematic oppression is alive due to the existence of societal groups that have unintentionally been set into place. She explained that groups are only identified when there exists a differing group. The groups are not exactly Continue reading
