A classificatory scheme grounding shared class membership on 'potential' exploitation obscures these concrete hierarchies and reproduces the universalizing error of second-wave feminist essentialism (Spelman, 1988).
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(the historical period and movement being critiqued)
A feminist movement (roughly 1960s–1980s) that focused mainly on equal rights and opportunities, but was criticized for not fully addressing the different experiences of women from different races and classes.
Spelman, 1988(the source being cited for this critique)
A reference to philosopher Elizabeth Spelman's 1988 book 'Inessential Woman,' which criticized feminist theory for ignoring race and class differences.
Universalizing error(a common problem in feminist theory that this passage warns against)
The mistake of treating all members of a group as if they're basically the same, when they actually have important differences.