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I support the writer's hurt feeling but you can't justify not accomodating people because it requires looking at words differently. You can. This is feelings a
by bradleyjg 4y ago
I support the writer's hurt feeling but you can't justify not accomodating people because it requires looking at words differently.
You can. This is feelings all the way down. Specifically whose feelings are going to be accommodated.
- JBits 4y agoAccomodation to receive good medical treatment is more important than accomodating feelings about words.
- bradleyjg 4y agoThose things don’t trade off against each other. What trades off is accommodating some people’s feelings about words vs accommodating other people’s feelings about words. Since these different feelings are about the same words both sets of feelings can’t be accommodated. When we as a society make our choice between two incompatible options we express our values.
- jimbokun 4y agoYes, why it is important to use clear words referring to biological sex, as that has far more important ramifications for medical treatment than gender identity.
- JBits 4y agoI'm not sure what the best words to use are, as if many cis women find these gender neutral terms offensive, they have a right to complain and push back. However, trans men have a right not to be ignored, for their view in what they're called to be taken into account by the medical literature and for their existence and needs to be reflected in the medical literature.
- LawTalkingGuy 4y agoFeelings vs Fatalities When men are allowed into women's spaces - washrooms, rape shelters, and prisons - women and children die. We have single-sex spaces for a lot of very good reasons.