Some of the structural factors didn't make that much sense to me until I found out about intersectionality. Mind, in many ways I benefit from several bits of structural privilege myself. And I didn't really 'get' that women are still structurally oppressed until I (in no particular order):
- learned about microaggressions, and realised that most of the ones I'd experienced were rooted in misogyny.
- started to want to move into positions of authority in a technical sector
- spent 6 months on long-term sick leave because of my disability and massive structural disablism.