Feminism

==== Transgender people ====
{{Main|Feminist views on transgender topics}}

[[Third-wave feminists]] tend to view the struggle for [[Transgender rights|trans rights]] as an integral part of [[intersectional feminism]].<ref name="grady_vox">{{cite news |last=Grady |first=Constance |url=https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/16955588/feminism-waves-explained-first-second-third-fourth |title=The waves of feminism, and why people keep fighting over them, explained |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |date=20 June 2018 |access-date=26 April 2019 |archive-date=5 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405172242/https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/16955588/feminism-waves-explained-first-second-third-fourth |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Fourth-wave feminism|Fourth-wave feminists]] also tend to be trans-inclusive.<ref name="grady_vox"/> The American [[National Organization for Women]] (NOW) president [[Terry O'Neill (feminist)|Terry O'Neill]] said the struggle against [[transphobia]] is a feminist issue<ref name=now>{{cite web |title=Why Transphobia Is a Feminist Issue |date=8 September 2014 |url=https://now.org/blog/why-transphobia-is-a-feminist-issue/ |publisher=[[National Organization for Women]] |access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> and NOW has affirmed that "trans women are women, trans girls are girls."<ref name=now2>{{cite web |title=NOW Celebrates International Transgender Day of Visibility |date=31 March 2021 |url=https://now.org/media-center/press-release/now-celebrates-transgender-day-of-visibility/ |publisher=[[National Organization for Women]]|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref> Several studies have found that people who identify as feminists tend to be more accepting of trans people than those who do not.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Platt |first1=Lisa F. |last2=Szoka |first2=Spring L. |title=Endorsement of Feminist Beliefs, Openness, and Mindful Acceptance as Predictors of Decreased Transphobia |journal=[[Journal of Homosexuality]] |date=28 January 2021 |volume=68 |issue=2 |pages=185–202 |doi=10.1080/00918369.2019.1651109 |pmid=31411935 |s2cid=199663381 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Conlin |first1=Sarah E. |last2=Douglass |first2=Richard P. |last3=Moscardini |first3=Emma H. |title=Predicting transphobia among cisgender women and men: The roles of feminist identification and gender conformity |journal=[[Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health]] |date=2 January 2021 |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=5–19 |doi=10.1080/19359705.2020.1780535 |s2cid=225798026 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brassel |first1=Sheila T. |last2=Anderson |first2=Veanne N. |title=Who Thinks Outside the Gender Box? Feminism, Gender Self-Esteem, and Attitudes toward Trans People |journal=Sex Roles |date=April 2020 |volume=82 |issue=7–8 |pages=447–462 |doi=10.1007/s11199-019-01066-4 |s2cid=198663918 }}</ref>

An ideology variously known as [[TERF|trans-exclusionary radical feminism]] (or its acronym, TERF)<ref name="MacDonald 2015">{{cite journal |last1=MacDonald |first1=Terry |title=Are you now or have you ever been a TERF? |journal=[[New Statesman|New Statesman America]] |date=16 February 2015 |access-date=13 April 2019 |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/02/are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been-terf |archive-date=14 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414015914/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/02/are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been-terf |url-status=live }}</ref> or gender-critical feminism is critical of concepts of [[gender identity]] and [[transgender rights]], holding that [[biological sex]] characteristics are an immutable determination of gender or supersede the importance of gender identity,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zanghellini |first1=Aleardo |title=Philosophical Problems With the Gender-Critical Feminist Argument Against Trans Inclusion |journal=[[SAGE Open]] |date=April 2020 |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=215824402092702 |doi=10.1177/2158244020927029 |s2cid=219733494 |url=https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/90937/4/2158244020927029.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103214816/http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/90937/4/2158244020927029.pdf |archive-date=2020-11-03 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=5 June 2021|title=A backlash against gender ideology is starting in universities|work=Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/international/2021/06/05/a-backlash-against-gender-ideology-is-starting-in-universities|access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="Gordon-2021">{{Cite web|title=Woman accused of transphobia wins landmark employment case|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19362788.maya-forstater-wins-landmark-employment-case-gender-critical-beliefs/|access-date=10 June 2021|website=HeraldScotland|date=10 June 2021 }}</ref><ref name="Faulkner-2021">{{cite news|last=Faulkner|first=Doug|date=10 June 2021|title=Maya Forstater: Woman wins tribunal appeal over transgender tweets|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57426579|access-date=10 June 2021|quote=Ms Forstater&nbsp;... claimed she was discriminated against because of her beliefs, which include 'that sex is immutable and not to be conflated with gender identity'.&nbsp;... But the Honourable Mr Justice Choudhury said her 'gender-critical beliefs' did fall under the Equalities Act as they 'did not seek to destroy the rights of trans persons'.}}</ref><ref name="Observer-2021">{{cite news|last=Observer editorial|date=27 June 2021|title=The Observer view on the right to free expression|work=Observer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/27/the-observer-view-on-the-right-to-free-expression|access-date=27 June 2021|quote='Gender-critical' beliefs refer to the view that someone's sex – whether they are male or female – is biological and immutable and cannot be conflated with someone's gender identity, whether they identify as a man or a woman. The belief that the patriarchal oppression of women is grounded partly in their biological sex, not just the social expression of gender, and that women therefore have the right to certain single-sex spaces and to organise on the basis of biological sex if they so wish, represents a long-standing strand of feminist thinking. Other feminists disagree, believing that gender identity supersedes biological sex altogether.}}</ref> that trans women are not women, and that trans men are not men.<ref name="Flaherty 2018">{{cite web |last1=Flaherty |first1=Colleen |title='TERF' War |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/08/29/philosophers-object-journals-publication-terf-reference-some-feminists-it-really |access-date=12 April 2019 |website=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=29 August 2018 |archive-date=7 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407014511/http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/08/29/philosophers-object-journals-publication-terf-reference-some-feminists-it-really |url-status=live }}</ref> These views have been described as [[transphobia|transphobic]] by many other feminists.<ref name="Miller 2018">{{cite web |url=https://theoutline.com/post/6536/british-feminists-media-transphobic |title=Why Is British Media So Transphobic? |last1=Miller |first1=Edie |date=5 November 2018 |publisher=[[The Outline (website)|The Outline]] |access-date=3 May 2019 |quote=The truth is, while the British conservative right would almost certainly be more than happy to whip up a frenzy of transphobia, they simply haven't needed to, because some sections of the left over here are doing their hate-peddling for them. The most vocal source of this hatred has emerged, sadly, from within circles of radical feminists. British feminism has an increasingly notorious TERF problem. |archive-date=19 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019192628/https://theoutline.com/post/6536/british-feminists-media-transphobic |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="dalbey_terfwars">{{cite news |last1=Dalbey |first1=Alex |title=TERF wars: Why trans-exclusionary radical feminists have no place in feminism |url=https://www.dailydot.com/irl/terf-meaning/ |access-date=27 January 2019 |work=Daily Dot |date=12 August 2018 |archive-date=28 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128082722/https://www.dailydot.com/irl/terf-meaning/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=usatoday_2017-03-16>{{cite news |last=Dastagir |first=Alia |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/16/feminism-glossary-lexicon-language/99120600/ |title=A feminist glossary because we didn't all major in gender studies |work=[[USA Today]] |date=16 March 2017 |access-date=24 April 2019 |quote=TERF: The acronym for 'trans exclusionary radical feminists,' referring to feminists who are transphobic. |archive-date=20 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720073940/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/16/feminism-glossary-lexicon-language/99120600/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Lewis 2019">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/terf-trans-women-britain.html|title=Opinion {{!}} How British Feminism Became Anti-Trans|last=Lewis|first=Sophie|date=7 February 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=5 May 2019|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=15 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115191351/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/terf-trans-women-britain.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="lgbtqnation_2017-10-23">{{Cite web|last=Taylor|first=Jeff|date=23 October 2017|title=The Christian right's new strategy: Divide and conquer the LGBT community|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/10/christian-rights-new-strategy-divide-conquer-lgbt-community/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922155851/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/10/christian-rights-new-strategy-divide-conquer-lgbt-community/|archive-date=22 September 2019|access-date=9 May 2019|website=www.lgbtqnation.com}}</ref><ref name=indy_2019-06-24>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indy100.com/article/joanna-cherry-snp-twitter-trans-rights-campaigners-pride-lgbt-edinburgh-8972341|title=SNP MP criticised for calling trans campaigners at Edinburgh Pride 'misogynistic'|date=24 June 2019|website=indy100|access-date=26 June 2019|archive-date=14 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114045153/https://www.indy100.com/article/joanna-cherry-snp-twitter-trans-rights-campaigners-pride-lgbt-edinburgh-8972341|url-status=live}}</ref>
<!-- Feminist views on [[transgender]] people differ. Some feminists do not view [[trans women]] as women,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/13/womens-issues-are-different-from-trans-womens-issues-feminist-author-says-sparking-criticism|title=Women's issues are different from trans women's issues, feminist author says, sparking criticism|last=Schmidt|first=Samantha|date=13 March 2017|work=The Washington Post}}</ref> believing that they have [[male privilege]] due to their [[sex assignment]] at birth.<ref name="newyorker">{{cite magazine|last1=Goldberg|first1=Michelle|title=What Is a Woman?|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=4 August 2014|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/04/woman-2|access-date=20 November 2015}}</ref> Additionally, some feminists reject the concept of transgender identity due to views that all behavioural differences between genders are a result of [[socialization]].{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} In contrast, other feminists and [[transfeminists]] believe that the liberation of trans women is a necessary part of feminist goals.<ref name="koyama-manifesto">{{cite web|author1-link=Emi Koyama|last1=Koyama |first1=Emi |title=The Transfeminist Manifesto |url=http://eminism.org/readings/pdf-rdg/tfmanifesto.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040401071911/http://www.eminism.org/readings/pdf-rdg/tfmanifesto.pdf |archive-date=2004-04-01 |url-status=live |website=eminism.org |access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref> Third-wave feminists are overall more supportive of trans rights.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hines |first1=Sally |title=TransForming Gender: Transgender Practices of Identity, Intimacy and Care |date=2007 |publisher=Policy Press |location=Bristol |isbn=978-1-86134-916-3 |pages=85–101}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Snyder|first=R. Claire|date=2008|title=What Is Third-Wave Feminism? A New Directions Essay|jstor=10.1086/588436|journal=Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=175–196 |doi=10.1086/588436 |s2cid=144068546 |issn=0097-9740}}</ref> A key concept in transfeminism is of [[transmisogyny]],<ref>Jeffreys, Sheila (2014) ''Gender Hurts'', Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0-415-53939-5}}, page 8.</ref> which is the irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against transgender women or feminine [[Gender variance|gender-nonconforming]] people.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/us/lgbt-julia-serano-transfeminist-trans-misogyny.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/us/lgbt-julia-serano-transfeminist-trans-misogyny.html |archive-date=2 January 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Julia Serano, Transfeminist Thinker, Talks Trans-Misogyny |newspaper=The New York Times |date=22 June 2017 |author=Jeanne Carstensen}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.juliaserano.com/av/TransmisogynyPrimer-Serano.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417061844/http://www.juliaserano.com/av/TransmisogynyPrimer-Serano.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-17 |url-status=live |author=Julia Serano |title=Trans-misogyny primer |access-date=29 June 2018}}</ref> -->