I've just been called a TERF...

[OhCharlieYouPrick]

On Facebook.

Local Facebook page, a man posts a discussion about Prolife protesters outside abortion clinics. A picture of himself with a sign saying 'screw these guys', pointing to the Prolifers.

He then proceeds to lecture women thinking about counter protesting, saying sometimes it makes the situation worse (yet he posts a photo of himself clearly antagonising the prolifers at a previous protest )

I point out to people thinking about counter protesting, with a particular group who are mentioned, that the prochoice group hold certain views about gender that conflict with my own.
That they believe the word woman should not be used on placards as 'people of all genders use abortion services'
Obviously it's just women that use abortion services.

So a sign stating 'A woman's womb is no ones business but her own' would not be allowed. It would have to say 'A person's womb is no ones business but their own'

Anyway. I was blocked by the OP.

This below was the reason.

Funnily enough, before he blocked me I received around a DOZEN likes from Women agreeing with what I said. They also believe that the word woman is Not dirty and should be a use able word in relation to abortion services.

Yet this man think he knows better than them and me.

He blocked me again before I could reply.

Argh.

Is that a penis for his profile picture?

Slow no, Its a sticker... I covered his profile pic with the most appropriate thing I could think of

Don’t look at the profile pic!! My 👀!

Anyone with a willy for a profile pic has to be a bit of a, well dick.

I too want to know if that's a dick as his picture.

Likewise, someone who literally identifies as a dick shouldn't be someone you worry about losing from your life.

Xposts

Cross post - oh I see. Still, dick description seems appropriate.

Fellow TERF here - wear the label with pride.

If it makes you feel any better: I've been called a TERF by my self-declared radfem lesbian friend - who happens to come with any and all of the feminist credentials one could possibly hope for. And whose cop-out re. the cotton ceiling is, conveniently: "I'm in a committed relationship with X [a natal woman, FWIW], and wouldn't consider anybody else".

In actual reality, I'm - fairly so, in my opinion, although it's unflattering - usually classified as a typical libfem with a note of "corporate drone". It's just that I happen to hold an undergraduate degree in biology and hence also happen to know about chromosomes and sexual bimorphism.

The standards for what it takes to be a "TERF" are really slipping, I'm afraid.

Don't get upset, OP!

*sexual DIMORPHISM

thanks, though, autocorrect

Oh I'm not upset. I found it hilarious.

These days, if you don’t meet the criteria for being a TERF, I consider you a misogynist

I’d wear that label of TERF with pride!

It wasn’t that long ago when you’d see men with the ‘this is what a feminist looks like’ T-shirt’s. I haven’t seen one of those for ages.

These days, if you don’t meet the criteria for being a TERF, I consider you a misogynist

Actually, I'm reasonably certain that a basic understanding of sexual reproduction going beyond single-cell organisms suffices as a qualifying criterion at present.

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I know, it’s ridiculous.

Did he have a beard, perchance?

I'm reclaiming the Terf label now. If nothing else it's a lovely moment of recognition when I realise I've met a fellow radfem: 'Ooo, are you a Terf too? How lovely!'

He did Tea... Why?

Oh the drama! The pathos! Women talking about politics on the internet is what gets women killed, definitely, please splain this to me more kind sir.

Because it always bloody is, Charlie.

😂😂😂

In defense of bloody beards: while they do, indeed, happen to unfortunately correlate with unbearable wokeness: I'm elated to report that, for the past year or so, I've finally no longer felt as though the man I work for may literally be around 12 years of age.

Seeing as I generally tend to agree with the prohibition of child labour, there's got to be something positive in this!

Also, my boss is, in fact, 49. He just happens to have an incurable case of "baby face". Seriously, the beard is majorly helpful!

Welcome to the club OP, strength in numbers.

The new profile pic suits him, reduce him to his genitals, but I'm guessing you had to be a little creative with reality in order to cover his face.

I really, really object to making assumptions about men with beards. They are just as natural for a male as underarm hair is for a woman.

Apart from that , I do obviously agree with previous posters.

I just had to look up what that meant! Only a person with female reproductive organs can have children. That defines them as a woman, no matter how they define themselves. Its basic science.