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    The criterion for sexism is whether gender plays an impor... — Carmelics
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    Supports→A policy or practice can be sexist even if women are not explicitly targeted by it

    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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    An alternative, however, would be to grant that in practice unity among feminists cannot be taken for granted, but to begin with a theoretical common ground among feminist views that does not assume that sexism appears in the same form or for the same reasons in all contexts. We saw above that one promising strategy for distinguishing sexism from racism, classism, and other forms of injustice is to focus on the idea that if an individual is suffering sexist oppression, then an important part of

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