They call it feminism and it is not

Abstract

Theories of identity and desire and the emphasis on subjectivity constitute a theoretical and political threat to feminism because they are presenting as feminism an agenda that is contrary to the feminist agenda. The mere trick of adding an “s” to the word “feminism” should not fool us. It is not feminism and even less is it inclusive to consider prostitution a job, to believe that the practice of surrogacy is supportive and altruistic, to affirm that “gender identity” overlaps with sex, thus diluting the structural inequality that women suffer for reason of sex or assume that legislating reducing penalties in relation to sexual crimes is the optimal way to end sexual violence. This spurious and not at all feminist agenda makes use of conceptual traps that should be critically analysed.