#TERFLogic: Sexism clings to eggs and sperm
A TERF blog that tries to make the case for sex essentialism claims that sexism is predicated upon sperm and eggs: according to this #TERFLogic, this man is oppressed as a female. No, that’s what anti-LGBT hate groups say. The reality is that trans bathroom protections have been around in America since the 1970s and that legal terms like “gender identity” are defined through case law, not anti-trans groupthink. Rate this example of #TERFLogic! Rating System: 1 star = Relatively Reasonable 5 stars = Total Bullshit Report TERF Harassment | Where did “TERF” come from? | Deconstructing TERF Tropes | The Conversations Project #TERFLogic is our daily effort to prove that the anti-trans hate movement calling itself “Radical Feminism” and/or “Gender Critical Feminism” is neither. 0
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“#TERFLogic: Sexism clings to eggs and sperm” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to feminism and gender politics, while also engaging law and civil rights. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
Historical significance
As a publication record from 2016 at The TERFs, “#TERFLogic: Sexism clings to eggs and sperm” provides dated evidence of how feminism and gender politics was being argued in relation to law and civil rights. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
Policy significance
The article’s strongest policy connection is public accommodations and facilities. It links that institutional frame to feminism and gender politics and law and civil rights, making it potentially useful for tracing how an argument moves from description or history into law, regulation, administration, or public practice.
Ranked themes and framings
Rank 1 is the dominant inferred theme or framing. Parent labels identify broader theme families; the relationship key beneath the diagram explains the line styles used for hierarchy, same-family relationships, overlap, and separate-but-related themes.
Themes
- 1Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict100%
- 2Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life22%
- 3Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community17%
- 4Sex and gender classificationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict11%
- 5Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community11%
- 6Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict11%
Academic framing
- 1100%
- 267%
Policy framing
- 1100%
Editorial function
Source topics
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How “Feminism and gender politics” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 3 year(s) after the theme’s highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
Relative presence by year
Peak year indexed to 100Presence by member publication
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history198
- Community and organizing165
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization117
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse80
- Law and civil rights74
- Culture, identity, and representation73
- Education and youth58
- Healthcare and medicine55
- History, archives, and memory44
- Science, evidence, and expertise37
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