Having followed this board quietly for about 3 years, I have learned a lot from the wise writers here about women's rights v trans acceptance, and I would say that my views fully align with those of JKR and many on this board... so I wanted to throw out a question to gather some opinions.
Like JKR, I have a massive issue with changes to language, changing the word "women" to dehumanising and unclear things like "menstruatrors" or "cervix havers"... frankly I think it's also a bit ridiculous when we have a perfectly suitable word; women
However, the trans argument on this would be that the word "women" is not inclusive of transmen and non-binary people in these types of contexts (period products, smear tests etc)
I was pondering over this yesterday and thought about the LGBTQIA+ acronym. If it is possible to have a "+" at the end of that acronym without offending anyone, would it also be possible to write "women+" meaning that it refers to women + transmen + NB people
For my part, I would find that much more preferable than the alternative of reducing me to my reproductive organs, and felt it could be a good compromise (- could be wishful thinking in the current climate! -) but I just wondered whether anyone more intelligent than me might have any other opinions on it, or know whether it has been suggested before?
What do you think?
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JetsetJetlaggedJaded · 07/07/2020 14:33
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