Oppression means authority over another group, disengaging that particular group from the rest of society. “The term oppression encapsulates the fusion of institutional and systemic discrimination, personal bias, bigotry, and social prejudice into a complex web of relationships and structures that overshadow most aspects of life in our society” (Bell, 1997 ). In one way or another, every individual experiences some form of oppression, whether due to race, sex, gender, religion, age, wealth and/or of sexual orientation. These cultural minorities face inequality as a dominant culture exercises its authority and power through unjust and cruel methods; these methods have been experimented with through the Women's Movement, the Civil Rights Movement and now the Gay Liberation Movement. The culture war(s) in American usage is a metaphor used to assert that political conflict is based on conflicting sets of cultural values. The term often implies a conflict between values ​​considered traditional or conservative and those considered progressive or liberal. Conflicting views are what creates this division between social groups and thus creates different experiences of oppression. The center of power where oppression generates dictates which social groups will gain more power over other social groups. It is this form of power that enables oppression and continues to enable it in the years to come; cultural capital determines what is achieved through the center of power. “Pro-equality political moments in recent decades have succeeded in challenging some of the most egregious abuses of power” (Bell, 1997). For decades, women have been oppressed by male domination and superiority. Throughout the women's movement...... middle of article ......on (pp. 3-15). In Adams, M., Bell, LA and Griffin, P. (Eds). Teaching diversity and social justice: A handbook. New York, NY: Routledge. Dworkin, Andrea. 1981. Pornography: Men Possessing Women. Toronto, Canada: Academic Press Canada Limited. Goldie, Terry. 2001. In a Queer Land: Gay and Lesbian Studies in the Canadian Context. Vancouver, British Columbia: Arsenal Pulp Press. Rose, Tricia. 2008. The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hiphop and Why It Matters. New York: Basic Books. The Combahee River Collective. 2001. A Black Feminist Statement (pp. 59-66). InRyan, B, (Ed.) Identity Politics in the Women's Movement. New York, NY: NYU Press. Vickers, J. 2002. Thinking about violence (pp. 222-246). In Dhuruvarajan, V. & Vickers, J. (Eds.) Gender, race and nation: a global perspective. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto.