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>TERF is most definitely a slur Really? What else should we call self-professed radical feminists whose definition of a woman excludes trans women?
by jdietrich 8y ago
>TERF is most definitely a slur
Really? What else should we call self-professed radical feminists whose definition of a woman excludes trans women?
- creaghpatr 8y agoProbably not a slur.
- ummonk 8y agoRadfem. You wouldn’t go around calling pro-choice and pro-life people “anti-life” and “anti-choice” would you?
- jdietrich 8y agoNot all radical feminists are trans-exclusionary, hence the need for the term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_feminism#Views_on_transgender_topics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_feminism#Views_on_tran...
- lordCarbonFiber 8y agoI think the need for distinction arises from the fact that nothing in the foundations of radfem that presupposes trans exclusionary ideology (especially considering the evolution of the science of gender). Trans exclusionary groups are pretty proud of the exclusion in and how it differentiates them from other feminists (or radfeminists for that matter) grouts. So TERF seems pretty apt to me. Granted Im pretty naturally biased given they'd say I don't exist but the point stands.
- creaghpatr 8y agoBut I defend your right to believe and share that biological men who claim to be women are actually women and would never allow a tech company to censor you!