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    Shared gender oppression creates genuine common interests... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Middle and upper class women will inevitably betray working class women in cross-class alliances

    Shared gender oppression creates genuine common interests that can motivate sustained cross-class solidarity, as documented in suffrage and labor movements.

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    • 1.Gender-based legal restrictions (voting, property, employment) affected women across class lines, creating shared material grievances transcending economic divides.
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    • 2.Historical suffrage campaigns successfully united working-class and affluent women around a common demand, demonstrating sustained cross-class mobilization.
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    • 3.Gender oppression operates through systematic institutions (law, family, economy) affecting all women regardless of class position, providing stable basis for solidarity.
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    • 1.Suffrage victories were led by middle/upper-class women; working-class women's distinct concerns (wages, hours, safety) received secondary priority, limiting true solidarity.
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    • 2.Class interests often outweighed gender interests historically—wealthy women frequently opposed labor rights and working-class women's unionization efforts.
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    • 3.Gender oppression takes different forms by class (e.g., domestic confinement vs. wage exploitation), making unified interests difficult without addressing class-specific harms.
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