biological S*x and gender are two different things. Medical research (aside from psychology and the like) doesn't care what your gender is. They're looking at your S*x. So, no. Removing reference to the gender of mothers doesn't reduce visibility of the female S*x in medical research.Slimshandy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:22 pmDo you think this could be true?SallyMae wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:08 pm "Breeder" is already a slur, I don't think it will become normalized, but I haven't heard anybody trying to normalize it anyway. The new terms I have heard suggested are "pregnant person" and "lactating person" and I think those could be appropriate for describing groups which might include trans men. I don't think it "redefines woman" any more than same-S*x marriage "redefined marriage" to any detriment. I think people will get used to it.
“Removing references to the S*x of mothers could also reduce visibility of women in medical research and potentially threaten their autonomy”
Do you see any validity in this woman’s poem? Or is she missing the mark on how to be inclusive?
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I didn't see that so much as she's fed up with the labels men put upon her, which are often demeaning. Honestly I took it as a smash against the kind of pro-life politicians who apparently see women as breeders with no rights to their own bodies. As for being anti LGBTQ maybe. Or it could be she's angry with people who want respect for their pronouns but won't respect her as a person.MonarchMom wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:10 pm I see a point, and the point I see is to create hostility toward transgender people.
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So I read it and got to the end and my first thought was "what the hell is this person going on about?" And I know what it's about, but I really don't get the resentment and aggression that is coming through in the poem. I don't get what it's about.
Labels are labels, and every label that one might apply to themselves is like one piece of the puzzle that makes the whole person. Yes, I carried my two sons in my womb, but that is one piece of who I am. Yes, I breastfed my two sons, but that is one piece of who I am. Yes, I am a mother, but that is one piece of who I am. Yes, I am a woman, but that is one piece of who I am. Yes, I am an accountant, but that is one piece of who I am.
NONE of those labels, not woman nor mother nor breeder, fully encompasses the PERSON that I am. And I don't understand people who do seem to put their entire identity into one single label. Makes no sense.
Labels are labels, and every label that one might apply to themselves is like one piece of the puzzle that makes the whole person. Yes, I carried my two sons in my womb, but that is one piece of who I am. Yes, I breastfed my two sons, but that is one piece of who I am. Yes, I am a mother, but that is one piece of who I am. Yes, I am a woman, but that is one piece of who I am. Yes, I am an accountant, but that is one piece of who I am.
NONE of those labels, not woman nor mother nor breeder, fully encompasses the PERSON that I am. And I don't understand people who do seem to put their entire identity into one single label. Makes no sense.
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She sounds like a TERF to me.