Sexism

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Sexism is discrimination against people based on theirsex,gender, or perceived characteristics thereof. There are more kinds of sexism than misogyny. Several kinds of sexism are obstacles in the way ofactivism fornonbinary recognition in particular, and oftransgender rights in general.

Misogyny[edit |edit source]

Misogyny is sexist discrimination against women. Misogyny takes the form ofinstitutional oppression, meaning that it is part of all the workings of a society. It's built into the culture, and makes trouble for women every day. This happens because a patriarchal society is based on misogyny, by definition. This kind of institutional oppression takes the form of pay inequality, difficulty in legally obtaining certain human rights (such as the ability to vote, own property, or have legal personhood), and widespread belief that sexual assault is normal. Misogyny doesn't affect all women the same, because oppressions areintersectional. Black women experience a mix of misogyny as well as racism, which is calledmisogynoir. Trans women experience a mixture oftransphobia and misogyny, this is calledtransmisogyny, while female-classed non-binary people experience the intersection of enbyphobia and misogyny, which is calledenbymisogyny.

Enbymisogyny[edit |edit source]

See main article aboutenbymisogyny.

Enbymisogyny refers to a unique manifestation of prejudice targeting non-binary individuals who are socially categorized as female, it's a discrimination intersecting with both enbyphobia and misogyny.

Transmisogyny[edit |edit source]

See main article abouttrans-misogyny.

Transmisogyny is a form of transphobia or cissexism that is specifically directed against transgender women.

Misdirected misogyny[edit |edit source]

Some misogyny harms people who aren't women, because others see them as being like women in some way. This is called misdirected misogyny. Transgender men are often subject to misdirected misogyny, as a combination ofmisgendering and misogyny, but nonbinary people and cisgender men can also be affected by misdirected misogyny.

Note that enbymisogyny can be seen as the intersection between enbyphobia and midirected misogyny.

Biological essentialism[edit |edit source]

Biological essentialism is the belief that all aspects of one's identity are tied to measurable biological traits, such as hormones, genitals, brain size, etc. This worldview has been used throughout history to "prove" bigoted beliefs such as sexism, racism, and queerphobia. In the context of transgender issues, biological essentialism says that thegender you were assigned at birth must be your only real gender.transgender-exclusionary feminists use this to discriminate against transgender and nonbinary people.^[1]

Cissexism and transphobia[edit |edit source]

See main article:Cissexism.

Cissexism and transphobia are discrimination against transgender people. It has several forms, includingbinarism, which affects nonbinary people. Transgender women are affected by a combination of misogyny and transphobia, called transmisogyny.

Dyadism[edit |edit source]

See main article:Dyadism.

Dyadism in the belief that humans are strictly dyadic, having two distinct sexes. This is used to discriminate againstintersex people.

Solutions[edit |edit source]

See also:Activism andFeminism.

Feminism is a movement that seeks to fight against sexism. Though different kinds of feminists disagree on how this should happen, feminists all look to fight against sexism.