According to the Information and Documentation Centre for Anti-Racism Work (IDA e.V.), feminism is:
“both a political theory that places gender differences at the centre of its considerations, and a social movement that fights for the equality of women and against patriarchy.” 166
Historically, feminism has achieved much for women’s equal rights and has also constantly changed in many ways. Even today, feminism is divided. Particularly controversial is the question of whether biological sex is merely socially constructed. At its core, the issue is whether a feminism for biological women is transphobic.
Some gender-critical feminists prioritise the concerns of biological women over the claims of trans activists (for example, safe spaces, sports programmes, quota places), for which they are attacked as TERFs (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists) by queer feminists.167 Queer feminists frequently criticise a lack of solidarity with more marginalised identity groups in feminism. In particular, white cis women are said not to engage enough with their whiteness, their cis-normativity, and other privileges.168 Some feminists, on the other hand, see queer feminism as a patriarchal comeback under the guise of trans rights.
On other points, most gender-critical feminists agree with queer feminists: structural discrimination against women is considered real when there are differences in behaviour and success between women and men. Differences to the disadvantage of women are to be politically balanced through equality measures (so-called gender mainstreaming).169