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Wouldn't it be detrimental if the topic was sex? you'd have to specify "female-identifying people born with a vagina". I'm not kidding, recently I read advice
by ASalazarMX 5y ago
Wouldn't it be detrimental if the topic was sex? you'd have to specify "female-identifying people born with a vagina".
I'm not kidding, recently I read advice for lube for "people born with a vagina".
Sex is not gender, it's detrimental for communication to mix the two.
- corobo 5y agoTwo people have said it is detrimental to communication so far yet nobody has requested any form of clarification on what I said If anything my frequent lack of punctuation needs correcting first, that has caused infinitely more confusion. Weirdly in 20 years of forum use I've never had anyone start a discussion about it.. :)
- ASalazarMX 5y agoJust as with punctuation, the intended meaning is clear within context. I knew the article was about women, but reading "female-identifying people" made me do a double take. I don't question trans women were included too, but your phrasing made me doubt if this Tiktoker's audience was mainly trans women.
- everybodyknows 5y agoRelated, from recent news: It’s now possible to read articles of several hundred words length on abortion without finding a single instance of the words “woman” or “women”. “… before many people know that they are pregnant.” “… pregnant patients …” https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/09/texas-abortion-ban-federal-challenge/ https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/09/texas-abortion-ban-f...