Patricia Hill Collins
Patricia Hill Collins
Patricia Hill Collinsis a Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is also the former head of the Department of African-American Studies at the University of Cincinnati, and a past President of the American Sociological Association Council. Collins was the 100th president of the ASA and the first African-American woman to hold this position...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth1 May 1948
CountryUnited States of America
Patricia Hill Collins quotes about
Oppressed groups are frequently placed in the situation of being listened to only if we frame our ideas in the language that is familiar to and comfortable for a dominant group. This requirement often changes the meaning of our ideas and works to elevate the ideas of dominant groups.
Thus, gender ideology no only creates ides about femininity but it also shapes conceptions of masculinity.