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    It is not the case that A policy or practice can be sexist even if women are not explicitly targeted by it

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    • 1.Sexism, properly defined, requires discriminatory intent or explicit sex-based classification, following Wasserstrom's formal equality framework.
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    • 2.Expanding 'sexism' to cover disparate impacts without intent conflates moral wrongness with causal connection, undermining conceptual precision.
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    • 3.A policy causing gendered disproportion through morally neutral mechanisms—e.g., physical fitness standards—is better described as inequitable, not sexist.
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    • 1.Hayek and Nozick argue that patterns of outcome reflect aggregated voluntary choices, not structural injustice, unless coercion is demonstrably present.
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    • 2.If historical sexism produced present disparities through chains of individual choices, attributing sexism to current neutral policies misidentifies the causal locus of injustice.
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    • 1.Some policies affect women disproportionately due to a history of sexism rather than explicit targeting
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    • 2.The criterion for sexism is whether gender plays an important role in explaining the injustice, not whether women are explicitly targeted
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