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The two understandings of being oppressed because one is a woman are compatible and mutually reinforcing

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1.Human actions are often best explained by the framework employed for justifying them
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2.Background understandings of appropriate treatment draw invidious distinctions between the sexes
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3.One's sex plays a large role in determining how one is treated because of these background understandings
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1.Haslanger's generic vs. Sally's case distinction conflates statistical generalization with causal explanation, per Appiah's critique of social identity ascription.
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2.Background justificatory frameworks and direct causal treatment can diverge systematically, as when implicit bias operates without conscious sexist ideology.
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3.If the justificatory and causal mechanisms can come apart empirically, their claimed mutual reinforcement is contingent rather than structurally necessary.
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