Adult human female

"Adult human female" is a slogan adopted by anti-gender and gender-critical (also known as TERF) movements, with the aim of excluding trans women from the definition of a woman. The phrase is a dictionary-type definition of woman, and scholars have described it as a dog whistle for transphobic beliefs and a form of coded hate speech. The phrase is often accompanied by other anti-trans rhetoric, sometimes as an answer to the rhetorical question "What is a woman?". The phrase has been utilized by the second Trump administration in its persecution of transgender people.

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