Accessible radfem ideology masterpost
This post is for anyone who wishes to learn about true radical feminist or ‘TERF’ principles without trawling through academic reading or sources biased against us. The linked posts are of varying lengths and it is not a complete list; I may add more in the future. Other radfems, feel free to add your own links and categories.
Terminology:
TERF - Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist (refers to excluding trans women from feminism because they are biological males, NOT excluding trans men)
SWERF - Sex-Worker Exclusionary Radical Feminist (refers to the belief that sex work is not ‘work’ but rather, rape, and we do not support it. We include all women in our feminism, ESPECIALLY prostituted women.)
TEHM - Trans-Exclusionary Homosexual Male (essentially the same as a TERF, but males cannot be radfems.)
GC - Gender Critical (someone who does not believe in or agree with the socially constructed concept of gender, someone who believes only in biological sex, not gender roles)
TIM - Trans-Identified Male (trans woman, MTF)
TIF - Trans-Identified Female (trans man, FTM)
AGP - Autogynephile (a man who is aroused by seeing himself as a woman)
AAP - Autoandrophile (the far rarer case of a woman who is aroused by seeing herself as a man)
HSTS - Homosexual Transsexual (for example, a trans man who is only sexually attracted to other biological females)
TRA - Trans Rights Activist
SSA - Same sex attracted
OSA - Opposite sex attracted
What is a TERF? What does it mean to be gender critical? What is a radical feminist?
“Radical Feminist theory analyses the structures of power which oppress the female sex. Its central tenet is that women as a biological class are globally oppressed by men as a biological class…” read more about the definition of radical feminism at radfemcollective.org
radicallyaligned radfem masterpost
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What we say, vs. what you hear
What TERFs actually want
Radfems supporting trans rights
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