TERF Wars: an introduction

Ruth Pearce; Sonja Erikainen; Ben Vincent

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TERF Wars: an introduction

Ruth Pearce^* (Corresponding Author), Sonja Erikainen, Ben Vincent

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Abstract

In the academic year of 2017–18, one of the editors of this volume convened a course on gender and sexuality at a UK university. The course elicited overwhelmingly positive feedback from students. However, following examinations an invigilator expressed concern, communicated via management, with the language some students used in their answers. Specifically, the invigilator took issue with students employing the acronym ‘TERF’ (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist) to criticise a range of ideological positions, because they considered the acronym a misogynist slur. The course convenor’s line manager subsequently asked whether the term was used within teaching materials.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	677-698
Number of pages	22
Journal	The Social Review Monographs
Volume	68
Issue number	4
Early online date	10 Aug 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026120934713
Publication status	Published - 2020

Bibliographical note

Acknowledgements
We thank Steven Brown and the reviewers for The Sociological Review for their useful comments
on an earlier daft of this article.
Funding
This scholarship was supported in part by the Wellcome Trust (grant number 209519/Z/17/Z)

Keywords

Exclusionary politics
Feminism
gender ideology
post-truth
trans feminism

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