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Regardless of sex chromosome aneuploidies or a desire to be the opposite sex, everyone who is, who could be, or who has ever been pregnant is female. Another p
by zzrzzr 2y ago
Regardless of sex chromosome aneuploidies or a desire to be the opposite sex, everyone who is, who could be, or who has ever been pregnant is female.
Another point against using the phrase "pregnant people" instead of "pregnant women" is that it leaves no way to talk about women who aren't pregnant. "Non-pregnant people" includes every man and every prepubescent child.
- rbits 2y agoYes there is, it's "non-pregnant woman". You can still say pregnant woman if you want to or need to, it's not banned.
- zzrzzr 2y agoBut my point was about situations where the term "pregnant people" is being mandated or strongly recommended instead of "pregnant women".
- jmward01 2y ago>Regardless of sex chromosome aneuploidies or a desire to be the opposite sex, everyone who is, who could be, or who has ever been pregnant is female. Nature disagrees with you. There are many animals out there that can change sex. Sex, gender, etc etc don't have a perfect universal definition because nature doesn't work that way. The scientific literature is trying to capture the observed variety we see in humans and it will continue to evolve as our understanding evolves. This whole line of argument reminds me of the history of pi and the governments that tried to legislate it to fixed values. Just because you want things to be simple doesn't mean that reality backs you up.
- zzrzzr 2y agoWe're talking about humans. That some other animal species have a reproductive strategy of sequential hermaphroditism is not relevant to the conversation.
- fireflash38 2y agoIt's relevant to language, since we use the same terms for a lot of different thing.
- zzrzzr 2y agoWhich non-human species do you believe are being referred to when the term "pregnant women" (or "pregnant people") is used?
- OrangeMusic 2y ago> Regardless of sex chromosome aneuploidies or a desire to be the opposite sex, everyone who is, who could be, or who has ever been pregnant is female. That is _your_ definition, and it is very debatable.
- zzrzzr 2y agoDo you have a counterexample to illustrate your point?