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by gresl 858 days ago
The term "TERF" isn't really accurate though, it should really be "MERF", if such a term is needed.

Point is, these radical feminists are excluding males from their feminism. I really don't see how that makes them socially conservative.

For example, radical feminists tend to advocate strongly for lesbian rights, based around the fact that lesbian women are female with a sexual orientation exclusively towards others who are female. The right to experience their sexuality free from harassment, the right to enjoy female-only lesbian spaces, the right to keep the word "lesbian" exclusive to them and not have it redefined to include bisexual women or any type of male.

How often do you find social conservatives championing these lesbian rights? I would say very rarely, if ever.