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“this article is very biased, and is purely a hit job on the left wing ideology of Gender Critical feminism, which does not hate trans” collapsed per WP:NOTAFORUM and WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT

This article is very biased, if anybody criticises that, their remark is deleted as a "opinion", this is a very unWikipedia attitude, that any statement contrary to the editors, must be deleted, all I am saying is a good critique, that is what the Talk section is for, that this article is very biased, in not allowing it to be accepted that Gender Critical feminism, is a left wing ideology, which is why left wingers like Dawkins and Joyce and co support it. They do not hate trans people, indeed they believe they deserve respect and love, they just have a different view on the definition of the word woman :) L;ove to aeverybody== Restored revision 1251918375 by Lowercase sigmabot III (talk): I think we've heard this one before. Wikipedia is not a forum. Please take a specific and constructive line of argument, or do something more constructive with your time. undo Tags: Twinkle Undo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:B3AD:FF01:81DD:D02B:88C0:DD65 (talk) 14:54, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You might want to familiarize yourself with the policies and guidelines of the website if you wish to contribute.
In particular, you should read up on the concepts of verifiability, reliability and original research, and - with particular regards to this article - the notion of consensus, as well as the rules regarding contentious topics. Find reliable sources to support the change you wish to implement, then build consensus to implement it. Failing that, I don't think you'll achieve much here. LaughingManiac (talk) 23:15, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An article with a similar scope?

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21st century anti-trans movement in the United Kingdom appears to be attempting to cover the same ground as this article, presenting gender-critical feminism as an anti-trans movement. Sweet6970 (talk) 00:44, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, this article here is about TERFism in general, worldwide. Whereas that new article is about the rise of the anti-trans movement in the UK and is more similar to the article of 2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States which documents the rise of the anti-LGBTQ movement in the US.
Of course there is some overlap, but also a clear distinction in the focus. Pinging @Snokalok as the author of the new article. Raladic (talk) 01:00, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! My goal isn’y to cover gender critical feminism specifically, it’s to cover anti-trans sentiments in the UK - GCF is just the most common strain of anti-trans beliefs in the UK. Likewise, unlike this article, the new one focuses specifically on the United Kingdom and not worldwide. As Raladic mentioned, my goal was to make a UK counterpart to the very well written 2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States article Snokalok (talk) 01:05, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have to agree with @Snokalok and @Raladic. This article is about GC feminism in general, that article is about the anti-trans movement in the UK, of which GC feminism is a large part but not the only part. I fail to see any reason why this should be concerning or presented as "rivalry" — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk) 11:48, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like a straightforward attack page or POV fork based on a lot of OR to me. Void if removed (talk) 12:05, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It seems well referenced to me. If you have specific concerns about POV or OR, perhaps you should enumerate them on the Talk: page once the article is more stable. — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk) 21:00, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Without anything to support those claims, that just sounds like a rather rude WP:IDONTLIKEIT.
Your first 2 remarks may be subjective, but the accusation of OR seems completely unfounded. Butterscotch Beluga (talk) 01:27, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think it differs in two significant ways
1. It's in specific
2. It describes the entirety of the anti-trans movement and not simply the subset that consider themselves gender critical.
I think it's a useful article and see no reason to merge them. HenrikHolen (talk) 21:26, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Specific to the UK* HenrikHolen (talk) 21:26, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Euphemism?

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This sounds more like a euphemism than a real thing. In the U.S. we just call them TERFs and of course really people we might call TERFs are usually only feminist as much as necessary to justify the transphobia. But the real reason it sounds like a euphemism is that the phrase is incoherent. Who came up with the idea of gender being non-grammatical and distinct from sex? Feminists, mostly. So the phrase is sort of illogical. I've yet to hear a feminist criticism of the idea of gender. It's just trans people these kinds of people don't like. If this phrase is a real thing, someone needs to explain where these people got the idea that they are arguing a feminist criticism of the idea of gender because that's not in any way clear... 96.231.188.182 (talk) 06:41, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Gender critical feminists" is the term used by some people, especially here in the UK, and is reliably sourced as such from several references, as can be seen in the article.
Discussing whether or not the term is a euphemism is not useful here on the Talk: page (per WP:NOTAFORUM). If you have specific references to point to including such a discussion in the article, then feel free to start that conversation, with those references. — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk) 10:30, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]