TY  - EJOU
AU  - Phelan, P. Kate M.
TI  - Feminism and Trans-Inclusionism: Enemies, Not Friends
T2  - Journal of Controversial Ideas

PY  - 2026
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SN  - 2694-5991

AB  - 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.
KW  - second-wave feminism
KW  - poststructuralism
KW  - gender-critical feminism
KW  - trans-inclusionism
KW  - political
KW  - Schmitt
DO  - 10.63466/jci06010002