TERFism as an Obsessive Sadistic Fetish: Part VI of the ‘Sexing the Body is Gender’ Series
The obsessive nature of TERFs who police the trans communities’ selfhoods through cruelty can be viewed as an obsessive sadistic fetish. The TERF movement – in breathtaking acts of Lateral […]
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- Transadvocate.com178
- The TERFs97
- Cristan’s Research3
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- Transgender identity and history178
- Community and organizing132
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization90
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We conceptualized the demonstrable violent and sadistic behavior of TERFs as a type of obsessive sadism.
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