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by hairybobbins 1329 days ago
It's not, you have confused several different groups. Those you refer to as 'TERFs' are the feminists with a gender critical viewpoint, who are focused on women's rights and ending sex-based oppression.

I mean, can you imagine a Nazi, or someone in the other groups you mentioned, signing this declaration: https://www.womensdeclaration.com/en/declaration-womens-sex-...? It's an entirely different ideological perspective.

This is a good article on where the gender critical feminists are coming from, and the rationale behind their activism: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/04/woman-2