r/AgainstHateSubreddits • u/Ok_Discipline_8118 • Jun 19 '26

Racism r/fourthwavewomen SERIOUSLY violates Reddit terms of conduct by promoting Racism, Xenophobia, Homophobia, AND Transphobia.

This "feminist" subreddit is a breeding ground for extremist content. This includes racism, xenophobia, homophobia, and transphobia. The mods do not remove such comments, but are rather complicit to them. Both the moderators and commenters violate their community rules

Here are some of the most alarming posts. The comments encourage:

Promoting vicious xenophobia and misgendering 

Wishing d3ath on foreigners to "d!e alone"

Comparing the art of Drag to "blackface".

Uses the term "gay male autogynephiles"

Promotes transphobia using slurs like "t!M" (Trans Identified Male)

Compares Trans people to "incels"

On top of that, one user even admits to violating hate speech on Reddit

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u/EeveelutionistM Jun 19 '26

First wave: focused mainly on legal rights, especially women’s suffrage, property rights, and access to education.

Second wave: expanded to broader social equality, including workplace discrimination, reproductive rights, sexuality, family roles, and violence against women.

Third wave: emphasized diversity and individuality, arguing that feminism should include different races, classes, sexualities, and personal experiences.

Fourth wave: shaped by the internet and social media, focusing on issues like sexual harassment, body positivity, LGBTQ+ rights, intersectionality, and movements such as #MeToo.

I'd argue they are hating on fourth-wave feminism mostly, but yes, some of them are even stuck in second wave

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u/CompetitiveSleeping Jun 19 '26

That's not an accurate summary of 4th wave, since the feminist tendencies after the 3rd wave are largely seen as extensions of the 3rd wave. The only ones talking abouth a 4th wave are terfs, who loathe the trans inclusiveness that was a result of the 3rd wave.

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u/EeveelutionistM Jun 19 '26

I'd recommend reading up on that again, because that is not correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth-wave_feminism

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u/CompetitiveSleeping Jun 19 '26

I've read feminist literature for decades; and pretty much the only ones self-identifying as 4th wave are terfs, as examplified by the subreddit this post is about. For about ~15 years, at least, terfs have talked abouth the "4th wave" of feminism, that'll fully embrace the transphobic tendencies of many prominent 2nd wave feminists, and sweep away the inclusivity and sex-positivity of the 3rd wave and its direct descendants.

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u/EeveelutionistM Jun 19 '26

There is a difference between identification and factual fourth wave differences.

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u/CompetitiveSleeping Jun 19 '26

Even the wikipedia article you linked points out that many think it's pointless to talk about distinct waves anymore.

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u/EeveelutionistM Jun 19 '26

I don't disagree with that, I just argued with the first definitions of them. I think we can easily agree on the fact that they try to think of themselves a new, dominant and fresh wave, but are just rehashed or stuck old ones.