Research exploring the gendered dimensions of adult learning has blossomed in the past two decades. Despite this trend, intersectional approaches in adult learning, research, and teaching remain limited primarily to the intersection of gender, race, and class. Meanwhile, intersectionality theories are more diverse, and include discussions of social structures, geographies, and histories that serve to build richer, nuanced descriptions of how privilege and oppression are experienced. Because the purpose of intersectionality is to understand how social identities and positions are constructed and to challenge the structures of power that oppress particular social groups, this approach is important for feminist and social justice educators. We, the Canadian authors of this manuscript, posit that adult education should move beyond intersectionality that focuses only on the trinity of gender + race + class to consider the other inequalities and the true complexities of representation and collective identities. By exploring literature in feminism, adult education, and intersectionality, we illustrate a gap at the core of adult education for social justice. We draw upon two examples of national research with and by the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women to illustrate how intersectionality is understood and works in practice.

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超越性别、种族和阶级的三位一体：进一步探索成人教育的交叉性

在过去的二十年里，探索成人学习的性别维度的研究蓬勃发展。尽管有这种趋势，成人学习、研究和教学的交叉方法仍然主要局限于性别、种族和阶级的交叉。同时，交叉性理论更加多样化，包括对社会结构、地理和历史的讨论，这些讨论有助于对特权和压迫的体验建立更丰富、更细致的描述。因为交叉性的目的是了解社会身份和立场是如何构建的，并挑战压迫特定社会群体的权力结构，所以这种方法对于女权主义和社会正义教育者来说很重要。我们，这份手稿的加拿大作者，假设成人教育应该超越仅关注性别+种族+阶级三位一体的交叉性，以考虑其他不平等以及代表和集体身份的真正复杂性。通过探索女权主义、成人教育和交叉性方面的文献，我们说明了成人教育在促进社会正义方面的核心差距。我们借鉴了加拿大妇女进步研究所的两个国家研究示例，以说明如何理解交叉性并在实践中发挥作用。我们说明了成人教育在促进社会正义方面的核心差距。我们借鉴了加拿大妇女进步研究所的两个国家研究示例，以说明如何理解交叉性并在实践中发挥作用。我们说明了成人教育在促进社会正义方面的核心差距。我们借鉴了加拿大妇女进步研究所的两个国家研究示例，以说明如何理解交叉性并在实践中发挥作用。