Universal sisterhood

A feminist ideal suggesting a shared experience of oppression among all women. However, this idea is critiqued for ignoring differences of caste, race, class, and other intersectionalities. “Masculinization of the :Terms used by a feminist scholar Sharmila Rege to describe Dalit movement” and thehow Dalit struggles are often dominated by male voices, “savarnization of the and how mainstream feminist movements in India have been women’s movement” dominated by upper-caste women, thereby marginalizing and obscuring the question of Dalit women.

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