I feel like the example of humans being cakes rather than salads really helped me personally to understand the concept of intersectionality better. Because of the word inter’section’ality itself, I immediatelly presumed these are all things that can be seperated, but when put in the context of a cake I understand it all mixes together like ingredients and makes us up. I never knew there were levels of oppression, but after being introduced to them I can understand how they all effect one another almost in a domino aspect. The cultural/structural is at the very top, and it influences the institutional section, which then cages the interpersonal that bleeds into the personal component.

On the other hand I found Johnson’s piece of text to be very eye opening and almost mind boggling. It will come across as ignorant but it never occured to me to instead of blaming the people, to look at how society effects our thoughts, behaviors and actions. To almost zoom out and look at the bigger picture instead of the people being contained within the frame. It dives into the fact that the social systems held in place limit us as human beings. While we do make the systems there is always an opportunity to change said system holding us in place. One thing I think that’s important to remember for my future self is “We are not patriarchy…Patriarchy is a kind of society organized around certain kinds of social relationships and ideas… our participation both shapes our lives and gives us the opportunity to be part of changing…But we are not it.” To remind myself that though we all do live in a society of patriarchy, it can exist without every man being a patriarchist.