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“How to spot terf ideology” - Cambridge uni

115 replies

Dancingbea · 12/10/2021 00:24

I thought this was a parody but apparently not
www.cambridgesu.co.uk/resources/guides/spottingterfideology/

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PattiPritell · 12/10/2021 19:46

Since the UK Sports Councils new guidelines for trans inclusion I 'm not so interested in what terf hating extremists are saying.

merrymouse · 12/10/2021 19:43

TERFs define misogyny as sex-based oppression, which results from being “biologically female”

I wonder what they think 'gynaecologist' means?

BernardBlackMissesLangCleg · 12/10/2021 19:37

The primary TERF assertion is that trans women are not women, and accordingly have no place in women’s spaces. TERFs define misogyny as sex-based oppression, which results from being “biologically female”

the scare quotes!

Grin Grin Grin

Artichokeleaves · 12/10/2021 19:21

It's about taking a post to refocus and redirect it away from female people to more important people.

Clymene · 12/10/2021 19:15

Is it me or is it weird that someone who is female but identifies as male wants to be women's officer?

merrymouse · 12/10/2021 19:10

Dominic Raab went to Cambridge too. Really Milo and Dominic are just two peas in a pod.

NotTerfNorCis · 12/10/2021 18:55

It hasn't gone down well on Twitter.

twitter.com/SU_Womens/status/1447570773879795717?t=XZPT4VB5SkNwXsBGMhUI8w&s=19

HermioneWeasley · 12/10/2021 17:18

“They refer to believing in “sex-based rights”, “LGB rights”, and “protecting women and girls”

Bastards

Alekto · 12/10/2021 17:13

I am sure this was mentioned when the university's Cambridge Rad Fems were on the Filia podcast filia.org.uk/latest-news/2021/1/3/cambridge-radical-feminist-network-centring-womens-rights-in-academia

It's been a while since I listened though so I might have misremembered.

Artichokeleaves · 12/10/2021 17:02

@merrymouse

The strange thing is that somehow in societies where there is strict sex segregation (Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, the priesthood) there seem to remarkably few cases of women and men being accidentally misclassified. 🤔
Not to mention that male humans have a fast way to ensure they don't experience the oppression, abuse and lack of rights that female humans have no way to escape.
ifIwerenotanandroid · 12/10/2021 16:56

How to spot terf ideology?

  1. It makes sense.
  2. It cares about women & girls.
  3. It knows what women & girls are.
  4. It knows what safeguarding is & why it's necessary.
  5. It's based on science & social reality.
  6. It's shared by most of the population, whether they'd call it that or not.
  7. It's usually discussed with passion & humour.
  8. Its proponents are fond of haberdashery & dinosaur costumes.
merrymouse · 12/10/2021 16:46

The strange thing is that somehow in societies where there is strict sex segregation (Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, the priesthood) there seem to remarkably few cases of women and men being accidentally misclassified. 🤔

merrymouse · 12/10/2021 16:39

@CovoidOfAllHumanity

'Women are not a homogeneous group and some people who experience misogyny are not women'

Now we know where Dominic Raab was getting his information

Grin
Helleofabore · 12/10/2021 16:35

Or newlygranny... you know understanding stable science....

NewlyGranny · 12/10/2021 16:22

Wow. Advising people they need to ask where the TERFY woman got her ideas from. Has she been looking in bad places online?

Because, of course, she couldn't possibly be thinking for herself. 😕

Artichokeleaves · 12/10/2021 14:08

It's been an ongoing thing for some years for women's officer posts to be targeted and taken specifically in order to turn the post into a TQ+ post that actively removes representation for women, and replaces addressing their issues with TQ+ ones.

Madigan as I remember would not represent or even engage with anyone about female specific women's issues as they were 'exclusionary'.

parentalhelpline · 12/10/2021 14:05

Trying again.

“How to spot terf ideology” - Cambridge uni
“How to spot terf ideology” - Cambridge uni
PartyStory · 12/10/2021 14:04

They forgot to mention the tails and horns.

terryleather · 12/10/2021 14:04

@Ereshkigalangcleg

It's all just a power trip, basically.
Yup.
parentalhelpline · 12/10/2021 14:04

Can't get the screenshots to attach. Confused

parentalhelpline · 12/10/2021 14:03

This was a recent Camfess. There are obviously some very confused young people at Cambridge, and that guide won't help.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 12/10/2021 13:58

It's all just a power trip, basically.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 12/10/2021 13:57

"As SU Women’s Officer I represent students of marginalized genders, and lead the SU Women’s Campaign".

It's not the "'marginalised genders" campaign. There is already an LGBTQ officer presumably. Why is this person a woman's officer if they don't believe they are a woman? Have cake, eat it and I'll have yours too.

MistandMud · 12/10/2021 13:32

Oh goodness, he/she/they looks and writes exactly like any other slightly naive young woman.

He/she/they used to be on the university women's netball team. How very self-misgendering of him/her/them.

Why on earth does he/she/they need to identify as a man in order to live a happy life?

2bazookas · 12/10/2021 13:30

What a load of crap that link was!

I'm appalled at the sheer lies and lack of awareness.