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    It is not the case that The two understandings of being oppressed because one is a woman are compatible and mutually reinforcing

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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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    • 1.Intersectionality theory (Crenshaw 1989) demonstrates that 'woman' is not a unified category producing uniform oppression across race and class.
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    • 2.If the mechanisms of oppression diverge substantially across intersecting identities, the two understandings fragment rather than reinforce each other.
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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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