Do you think there's a feminist issue around the way we talk about it? I was thinking about all the language (baby dust, babydancing and so on).
I'm noticing it because at the moment DP and I are TTC with donor sperm, and we go to a clinic where, obviously, a lot of the couples are straight couples who're having difficulties. The nurses refer to us (and presumably all the women) as 'girls', and although I would imagine they see a fair number of lesbian couples (and single women), all their paperwork is presuming you're a male/female couple, so it got me thinking about how men are expected to feel/think. It does feel as if there's an odd mixture of euphemisms that talk down to women.
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RobinsAreTerritorialFuckers · 27/06/2016 22:30
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