handmaiden
English
Etymology
hand + maiden, the first component in the sense of "ready at hand".
Noun
handmaiden (plural handmaidens)
- Alternative form of handmaid.
- (by extension, gender-critical, derogatory) A cisgender feminist woman who supports transgender rights.
- 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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:handmaiden.
- 2020, Julie Bindel, "Trans activists risk falling for misogyny", The Spectator, 22 July 2020: