Women’s class loyalties fragment them more than shared sex unites them.

Evidence

This weakness of feminism stemmed from its internal division; as already pointed out, women as a sex lack solidarity: they are linked to their classes first; bourgeois and proletarian interests do not intersect. Revolutionary feminism adhered to the Saint-Simonian and Marxist tradition; it is noteworthy, moreover, that a certain Louise Michel spoke against feminism because it diverted the energy that should be used entirely for class struggle; with the abolition of capital the lot of woman will be resolved. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 277

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the key claim that women lack solidarity as a sex because class ties override gender — foundational to Beauvoir’s argument about why women never formed a united collective.
• XREF: Echoes Marx’s critique and anticipates later intersectional analyses; also connects to the earlier chapter’s claim that women lack solidarity because each is tied to her man/class. — connects to: Women’s oppression differs from class oppression because women share solidarity with their oppressors — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 147; Women’s resigned prudence made them obstacles to their own class emancipation. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1744; Women’s oppression is distinct because their complicity is solicited — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 714 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Women’s oppression differs from class oppression because women share solidarity with their oppressors #qualifies (0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 147
• Women’s solidarity remains bounded by their shared captivity to men #contradicts (0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1606
• Women’s resigned prudence made them obstacles to their own class emancipation. #corroborates (0.82) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1744
• Women’s isolation from each other blocks recognition that their subjectivity struggles are shared #corroborates (0.80) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 73
• Women’s oppression is distinct because their complicity is solicited #expands (0.78) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 714
• Women’s otherness lacks the historical before that enables other groups to rebel #corroborates (0.75) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 58