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| An '''''ad feminam''''' is an ] attack, used in attempt to defeat a woman's argument.<ref> see "Usage Note"</ref> An example would be the response "Is it your ]?" to a woman making an argument. The term is most frequently used in this sense in feminist philosophy, to note systemic tendencies to discredit opinions of women. As such, it is similar in nature and purpose to such feminist neologisms as "]". The term was coined in 1963 and is modeled on the much older ''],'' but takes into account the genderised nature of the rhetorical and dismissive gesture. | |||
| * "Ahmad's characteristic method here of reductive ''ad hominem'' and ''ad feminam'' critique subverts his accompanying claim to Marxist subjectivity..." <ref>Robert Young (2001). ''Postcolonialism: An Historical Introduction''. Oxford: Blackwell... 413. </ref> | |||
| * "Almost any ''ad hominem'' (or in this case, ''ad feminam'') response such as this one invalidates the content of the patient's viewpoint" <ref>Marcia Linehan (1993) ''Cognitive-behavioral treatment of borderline personality disorder.'' Guilford Press. p. 223</ref> | |||
| In ] the word '']'' (of which ''hominem'' is the ]) has the gender-neutral meaning of "a human being", "a person" (unlike the words in ] it gave rise to, such as ] '']'' and ] '']''). A translation of ''ad hominem'' that preserves this gender-neutrality is "to the person". In contrast, ''ad feminam'' is gender-specific and used to describe attacks on women as women or because they are women.<ref>{{cite book |title=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |edition=Fourth |year=2000 (updated in 2009) |chapter=ad hominem |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ad+hominem}}</ref> | |||
| == See also == | |||
| {{Portal|Feminism|Logic}} | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| {{Fem-stub}} | |||
| == References == | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| {{Relevance fallacies}} | |||
| {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2011}} | |||
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Ad Feminam}} | |||
| ] | |||
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