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"[[TERF]]" is short for "trans-exclusionary radical feminism", a misnomer by which [[gender essentialist]] [[reactionaries]] pretend to be egalitarian while in fact working to reinforce and reinvigorate rigid hierarchical social dichotomies – a form of [[false advocacy]].
 
"[[TERF]]" is short for "trans-exclusionary radical feminism", a misnomer by which [[gender essentialist]] [[reactionaries]] pretend to be egalitarian while in fact working to reinforce and reinvigorate rigid hierarchical social dichotomies – a form of [[false advocacy]].
 
===Usage===
 
===Usage===
The acronym is more frequently used to refer to practitioners of this ideology, i.e. "Trans-Exclusionary Reactionary Feminist". Some less common but more accurate acronyms include TWERP ("Trans-Women-Excluding Reactionary Pseudofeminist") and FART ("Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobe")<ref name=FART-credit />.
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The acronym is more frequently used to refer to practitioners of this ideology, i.e. "Trans-Exclusionary Reactionary Feminist".
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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* {{cwre}} for commentary of a more rhetorical/satirical nature
 
* {{wikipedia}} redirects to {{l/wp|Feminist_views_on_transgender_topics#Feminist_exclusion_of_trans_women}}
 
* {{wikipedia}} redirects to {{l/wp|Feminist_views_on_transgender_topics#Feminist_exclusion_of_trans_women}}
 
* {{!in|conservapedia}}; one mention in {{l/cp|gender ideology}}: "While some feminists such as Judith Butler advocate gender ideology, not all feminists agree with it. There is a disagreement and vigorous war of words between transsexuals and radical feminists who do not accept biological men as "women". Transgenders have even created an acronym TERF meaning "trans-exclusionary radical feminist" which they use as a term of denunciation, hostility and abuse."
 
* {{!in|conservapedia}}; one mention in {{l/cp|gender ideology}}: "While some feminists such as Judith Butler advocate gender ideology, not all feminists agree with it. There is a disagreement and vigorous war of words between transsexuals and radical feminists who do not accept biological men as "women". Transgenders have even created an acronym TERF meaning "trans-exclusionary radical feminist" which they use as a term of denunciation, hostility and abuse."
 
* {{rationalwiki|Trans-exclusionary radical feminism}}
 
* {{rationalwiki|Trans-exclusionary radical feminism}}
===Satire===
 
* '''2018-12-09''' [https://www.reddit.com/r/GenderCynical/comments/a4ik5y/electricguitars_are_not_guitars/ Electricguitars are NOT guitars!!!]
 
 
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* '''2018-04-05''' [https://twitter.com/Ankhassa/status/981905908270813184 Ankhassa on Twitter] "There is no need for any other definition for a woman apart from "woman". Its a description which has been representative for thousands of years. As has "man". If it doesn't suit you why on earth would you claim be one?" - ignorance boldly on display
 
* '''2018-04-05''' [https://twitter.com/Ankhassa/status/981905908270813184 Ankhassa on Twitter] "There is no need for any other definition for a woman apart from "woman". Its a description which has been representative for thousands of years. As has "man". If it doesn't suit you why on earth would you claim be one?" - ignorance boldly on display
 
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==Footnote==
 
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<ref name=FART-credit>hat-tip to [https://anarchism.space/@b0mb/100694602185019507 @b0mb] for this (with some discussion about its accuracy)</ref>
 
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"TERF" is short for "trans-exclusionary radical feminism", a misnomer by which gender essentialist reactionaries pretend to be egalitarian while in fact working to reinforce and reinvigorate rigid hierarchical social dichotomies – a form of false advocacy.

Usage

The acronym is more frequently used to refer to practitioners of this ideology, i.e. "Trans-Exclusionary Reactionary Feminist".

Links

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  • 2018-04-05 Ankhassa on Twitter "There is no need for any other definition for a woman apart from "woman". Its a description which has been representative for thousands of years. As has "man". If it doesn't suit you why on earth would you claim be one?" - ignorance boldly on display

Related

  • 2020/07/27 [L..T] Just an ordinary TERF talking about biology Myers dissects some bizarre arguments from @lissyboops, who is apparently of the TERF persuasion.
  • 2020/07/10 [L..T] Cultivating a British flavor of narrow-mindedness "I saw the same thing in US skeptics, of course. But there was something fundamental going on that is also reflected in the British school of evolutionary biology, represented by Maynard Smith and Dawkins, that totally embraced reductive explanations and adaptationism, vs. the American subset led by Lewontin and Gould, who fiercely opposed eugenics and detested the arrogance of thinking biology could be reduced to a catalog of alleles." .. "Then there's the outcome of all this activity by bigots claiming the mantle of science – some people actually believed."
  • 2018/11/05 [L..T] Why is British media so transphobic? "The answer lies in part to the coalescence of a certain set of ideas in a very specific circle of voices in the early 21st century – voices that later went on to hold high profile positions in much of the U.K.'s print and broadcast media."
  • 2018/01/15 [L..T] Arsonist TERF thinks trans women are immoral & should be beaten "I’m quite prepared to threaten violence because it seems to me that politically what they’re seeking to do is piss on all women. That’s what they’re doing for their personal gratification. There aren’t many of them, but what really offends me is the extent to which academia and political parties have listened to them in a way that they’re not listening to us as women." – Linda Bellos
  • 2017/04/04 [L..T] Are Butches Disappearing? (video) "I've had enough of anti-trans lesbians attacking me, or trying to "save" me, which is incredibly condescending and erases the years of research and soul-searching (I actually prefer soul-creation) I have done. So I wanted to put all my thoughts down into a (big) “bite sized” chunk here to direct them to when they start to vomit a word salad at me."
  • 2015/04/13 [L..T] I guess I'm an MRA now First let me point out that the little tweet I chirped out was because the TERFs were flocking to me — I hadn’t barged into one of their conversations, or invited them to explain to me what makes for a real woman, but there they were, in my space. So she doesn’t get to complain about me violating boundaries.