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Its not an attack on feminists though?

• ben_w 5y ago
  I read the original comment by @caeril as saying that Feminists are TERFs, which would not be accurate as the expansion of the acronym is “Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists”. From what I’ve seen reported, cis women are on average more relaxed than cis men about trans women.
  • screye 5y ago
    Aren't a majority of the TERFs specifically 2nd wave Feminists who who do not like the idea of 'passing' as a female being reinforced. This as because they spent their lives fighting so that women did not have to abide by social norms enforced on them. From their POV, since gender is social, a trans-gender person reinforcing the need for transition to enjoy social aspects of being a woman is actively hostile to their goal of making social norms around gender be deemphasized. The criticisms of transgenderism by TERFs have being a Feminist (in this case 2nd wave) at its very core. Removing it loses a lot of nuance of their specific criticisms.
    • ben_w 5y ago
      I am unfamiliar with any survey specifically focusing with that much depth on people who exclude trans people, do you have a link?