"societal oppression" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to unequal treatment of a group of people in a society, typically due to their background, gender, ethnicity, or religion. For example: "The marginalized group endured years of societal oppression before finally achieving civil rights."
A day where Black souls long for our bodies to be released from sin, suffering, and societal oppression.
We've seen the devastating effect that societal oppression of LGBT people has on younger generations as bullying and suicide stories hit the news everyday.
Between communication obstacles and societal oppression, deaf women had to really break through the barriers to receive the education they deserved.
This language teaches people to see the dynamics of societal oppression, rather than allowing them to dismiss acts of ethnoviolence as caused by not-like-us "extremists" from "hate" groups.
One participant said 'Respect requires ongoing education and awareness by the researchers of their own privilege, and power, as well as societal oppressions at work'.
In other words, how have other denominations been complicit in promoting institutional and societal heterosexism and transgender oppression?
Finally, a central dilemma in The Macho Factory is that the intervention is dependent on individuals, whilst gender inequality and oppression is societal.
This area of disability management views disability as the oppression of a minority group by societal and environmental barriers, including barriers in access to community living resources.
As Libya continues on its path toward a newly reborn nation, and the profound complication of state building begins, Libyans will face another, less visible hurdle; reconciling those deep-seated societal scars resulting from more than 40 years of oppression and fear.
Haynes played the different societal tensions against one another -- the racism and oppression of women an open secret, the homophobia a buried one -- building to a tragic crescendo for its interracial soul mates while unexpectedly granting its gay spouse a blissful escape.
Racism is why oppression in America continues to function, creating a societal hierarchy that places black people at the bottom.
