noun
: a bedrock of feminist belief—that women’s anecdotal experiences are (1) authoritative and relevant in a way that men’s are not, and (2) provide more valuable insights than truth itself
The foundational assumption of the term is that women’s experiences have been suppressed by a misogynistic society, therefore questioning it, by definition, perpetuates that same oppression. – “You either believe us or you are oppressing us”
The word is invoked to prevent the questioning of feminist truth claims.