Intersectional feminism is the concept of recognizing that some groups of women have more complex experiences than those of white women because they belong to multiple minority groups. For example, black women have different life experiences than white women because they are part of two minority communities and queer women have different experiences than straight women because they are part of two minority communities. Intersectionality recognizes that different groups of women have different life experiences, and there is not one female experience.

No. The feminist movements of the 1970s largely focused on the needs of straight white women, ignoring women who do not fall into this category. The needs of women who belong to other marginalized communities, such as queer women and women of color, were often ignored by the mainstream feminist movement, including during the 1970s.