Citations:handmaiden
English citations of handmaiden
Noun: "(gender-critical, derogatory) a cisgender feminist woman who supports transgender rights"
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- 2020, Julie Bindel, "Trans activists risk falling for misogyny", The Spectator, 22 July 2020:
- The fact that it is not possible to be seen as a supporter of trans people's human rights, as all feminists are or at least should be, unless we fully capitulate and take the metaphorical – and sometimes literal – boot in the face shows how extreme trans activists, enabled by their handmaiden allies, are nothing but a misogynistic men’s rights movement.
- 2022, Marie Le Conte, "Feminism has been reduced to the transgender debate", The New Statesman, 4 February 2022:
- I have been called a handmaiden, a “pick me” girl, and been accused of vying for male attention.