people. Which is why some people refer to them as Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs), a term which they themselves do not accept. Another branch of this kind of radical feminism has less of an emphasis on the 'material' difference of having a womb or not. They are instead inclusive of trans women because they believe that both genetic women and trans women are oppressed by the system of patriarchy.
While radical feminists are divided on many fundamental issues (including, for example, their attitude towards trans people), they generally believe that gender, which encompasses all the cultural norms and understandings around the differences between the sexes, is entirely a social construct, and needs to be deconstructed and abolished for the sake of women's liberation. This idea would also find its way into the discourse surrounding the LGBT community, promoted by more 'radical' elements of the LGBT community, to the dismay of its more 'moderate' members.
Intersectionality: The Coalition That Critical Theory Built One recent trend in radical feminism, which has also been embraced by radical LGBT activism, is the dominance of the idea of 'intersectionality'. Intersectionality was originally invented in the late 1980s to describe the situation where individuals with two disadvantaged identities (e.g. black and 77
