Nicole’s Reviews > Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity > Status Update

“Because anti-trans discrimination is steeped in traditional sexism, it is not simply enough for trans activists to challenge binary gender norms (i.e., oppositional sexism)—we must also challenge the idea that femininity is inferior to masculinity and that femaleness is inferior to maleness. In other words, by necessity, trans activism must be at its core a feminist movement.”