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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. โ€œMasculinization of the :Terms used by a feminist scholar Sharmila Rege to describe Dalit movementโ€ and thehow Dalit struggles are often dominated by male voices, โ€œsavarnization of the and how mainstream feminist movements in India have been womenโ€™s movementโ€ dominated by upper-caste women, thereby marginalizing and obscuring the question of Dalit women.