%0 Journal Article
%A Phelan, Kate M. Phelan
%D 2026
%J Journal of Controversial Ideas

%@ 2694-5991

%V 6
%N 1
%P 2

%T Feminism and Trans-Inclusionism: Enemies, Not Friends
%M doi:10.63466/jci06010002
%U https://jci.jams.pub/article/6/1/321
%X Some insist that the feminist movement and the trans-inclusionary movement are engaged in a common struggle against patriarchy. I argue that they are not. The feminist movement is the struggle of the sex class women against the sex class men, while the trans-inclusionary movement is the struggle of the sex/gender nonconforming against the sex/gender binary. The two movements have different analyses of injustice, different goals, different enemies, and different friends. And, I argue, with trans women’s demand for recognition as women, these movements have come into conflict.