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No such thing as a “biological woman”. I’ve only ever heard medics in the UK use careful and restricted terms when discussing sex - “male” and “female” at most,
by dwb 11mo ago
No such thing as a “biological woman”. I’ve only ever heard medics in the UK use careful and restricted terms when discussing sex - “male” and “female” at most, and only when relevant. Clearly it is sometimes relevant and no-one is disputing that. The whole purpose of inclusive language is to cover everyone, not just an “overwhelming” majority. It harms no-one to say “pregnant people”; it is a plain and clear term.
- jack_tripper 11mo ago>The whole purpose of inclusive language is to cover everyone, not just an “overwhelming” majority. Science and medicine deals in absolute details, not in blankets covering everyone. When a doctor needs to treat you, they need to know your sex, weight and age, since the dose or treatment is highly specific on those variables, there's no such thing as an inclusive thing to cover everyone the same. Inclusivity here would get you killed. > It harms no-one to say “pregnant people” It also helps no-one now, and it also harmed no-one in the past to say "pregnant women", since no-one other than women can get pregnant. So why did it have to be changed other than for virtue signaling?
- dwb 11mo ago“Woman” is not a biological sex, it simply isn’t. You are ignoring that trans men (legally and socially not women), along with some intersex people (neither biologically male or female, by definition, and legal gender varies), and cisgender girls of a sufficient age can all get pregnant. Not to mention some non-binary people. So there are plenty of people other than women that can get pregnant.
- lucasRW 11mo ago“Woman” is not a biological sex, it simply isn’t. > It is. XX genes. End of story.
- dwb 11mo agoYou will not find many mainstream scientists in this area that agree with you.
- synecdoche 11mo agoNonsense. Language evolves but not by edict. Same with biology.
- dwb 11mo agoThis is not a case of language evolution, “woman” has never been a biological term. Also the rest of my comment.