▁and ▁pro - life ▁groups ▁simultaneously , ▁for ▁example . ▁Address ing ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁power ▁form ations ▁through ▁not ions ▁of ▁intersection ality ▁will ▁ensure ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁indirect ▁comp liance ▁with ▁the ▁behav iors ▁these ▁groups ▁can ▁exhib it . ▁In ▁addition , ▁recogn izing ▁the ▁connection ▁between ▁identity ▁and ▁power ▁allows ▁for ▁more ▁att ent iveness ▁toward ▁techn of em in ist ▁changes ▁and ▁divers ity . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁ ▁Orig ins ▁ ▁D ifferent ▁eth nic ▁gender ▁norm s ▁ ▁Early ▁not ions ▁of ▁women ' s ▁liber ation ▁focused ▁largely ▁on ▁freedom ▁from ▁the ▁Victor ian ▁Era ▁gender ▁roles . ▁These ▁roles ▁placed ▁white ▁women ▁in ▁the ▁cult ▁of ▁domestic ity , ▁conf ining ▁them ▁to ▁the ▁expect ations ▁of ▁mother hood ▁and ▁home - maker , ▁void ▁of ▁any ▁aut onomy ▁separate ▁from ▁their ▁hus b ands ▁or ▁families . ▁These ▁femin ine ▁norm s ▁and ▁restrictions ▁did ▁not ▁apply ▁the ▁same ▁exact ▁way ▁for ▁Black ▁women ▁and ▁other ▁women ▁of ▁color . ▁Black ▁women ▁were ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁outside ▁the ▁cult ▁of ▁domestic ity ▁and ▁many ▁of ▁its ▁gender ▁norm s ▁that ▁were ▁perce ived ▁by ▁white ▁people ; ▁as ▁Steph anie ▁Fl ores ▁wrote ▁in ▁The ▁Under grad uate ▁Journal ▁of ▁the ▁Ath ena ▁Center ▁for ▁Le ad ership ▁Studies ▁at ▁Bar n ard ▁College , ▁“ Black s ▁were ▁not ▁perce ived ▁as ▁femin ine , ▁but ▁rather ▁as ▁less ▁than ▁human ” ▁but ▁contra ception ▁was ▁still ▁soci ally