Good question. No true Scotsman refers to any attempt to define a generalization by excluding a counterexample. Feminism is a social and political movement for gender equity - if you advocate for ideas that are antithetical to that goal, you are, definitionally, not a feminist.
https://twitter.com/joules54228823/status/1383235101589266433
The rub, of course, is understanding why anti-trans rhetoric is antithetical to gender equity. There are lots of reasons, but perhaps most uncomplicated among them is that enforcing a gender binary is literally the foundational tool of patriarchy. Separate but equal doesn’t work.
The idea is that gender *shouldn’t be a consideration* when we define the societal value of a person, what rights they’re entitled to, and whether they are entitled to the same protections.
TERFs argue that protecting trans rights infringes on women’s rights, but —
TERFs argue that protecting trans rights infringes on women’s rights, but —
That’s simply not true. There is no evidence that supports that claim either.
And anyway, gender equity requires that all people be entitled to the same rights, and where rights are being infringed, you must *protect those rights,* but not by limiting the rights of others.
And anyway, gender equity requires that all people be entitled to the same rights, and where rights are being infringed, you must *protect those rights,* but not by limiting the rights of others.
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