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Intersectional Harassment

Meaning

Intersectional harassment refers to the experience of discriminatory or abusive behavior directed at an individual due to the simultaneous and interacting nature of multiple social identities, such as race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or socioeconomic status. This form of adversity is not merely the sum of individual prejudices but arises from the unique vulnerabilities created by their convergence, impacting an individual’s psychological well-being and contributing to chronic stress responses.