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=== Obsession with "Biology" === |
=== Obsession with "Biology" === |
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Related to the previous point TERFs equate women with their genitals and believe that women that those with vaginas and uteri, and more recently, those with XX chromosomes. As such TERFs will frequently use symbols of a vagina or uterus to represent women. They also obsess over biological processes such |
Related to the previous point TERFs equate women with their genitals and believe that women that those with vaginas and uteri, and more recently, those with XX chromosomes. As such TERFs will frequently use symbols of a vagina or uterus to represent women. They also obsess over biological processes such as periods and the ability to give birth. They sometimes refer to [[Cisgender|cis]] women as "womben" (a combination of women and womb). |
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Similarly they sometimes use the word "womyn". This alternate spelling was originally meant as a way to avoid the suffix 'man'. However it was adopted by TERFs to mean cis women. TERFs also use the womyn-born-womyn (WBW) to mean "women raised as women", to exclude anyone assigned male at birth. |
Similarly they sometimes use the word "womyn". This alternate spelling was originally meant as a way to avoid the suffix 'man'. However it was adopted by TERFs to mean cis women. TERFs also use the womyn-born-womyn (WBW) to mean "women raised as women", to exclude anyone assigned male at birth. |
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