Page 2 | BBC calling women 'menstruaters'

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ageingrunner · 21/11/2016 16:39

There must be trans groups putting pressure on the BBC to ensure they use the "correct" language. Maybe women should create a counter pressure group to lobby for not being described by our bodily functions and/or body parts?!

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Prawnofthepatriarchy · 21/11/2016 16:37

This is getting more and more offensive and surreal. We do indeed live in a post-truth world.

NauticalDisaster · 21/11/2016 16:07

Not all women menstruate but the only people who do menstruate are women.

VigorousAnalSex · 21/11/2016 15:30

This blog post refers to individuals who menstruate as women because the author wanted to highlight gender inequality in health care. We acknowledge that not all individuals who menstruate identify as women and that not all individuals who identify as women menstruate, but feel this generalization is appropriate considering the gendered nature of most health care policies.

Ugh.

Amalfimamma · 21/11/2016 15:07

This blog post refers to individuals who menstruate as women because the author wanted to highlight gender inequality in health care. We acknowledge that not all individuals who menstruate identify as women and that not all individuals who identify as women menstruate, but feel this generalization is appropriate considering the gendered nature of most health care policies.

When any media outlets feels the need to put this disclaimer in the footing when talking about periods you know that the world's gone man.

HardcoreLadyType the #ifmenhadperiods campaign during the summer got attacked because it was seen as transphobic. Trans don't care that menopausal women or someone with a hormone imbalance don't have periods. It is transphobic to say "women have periods" as well as exclusionary.

while they ignore the most basic biology

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ageingrunner · 21/11/2016 15:03

I doubt post-menopausal women are lobbying the BBC to not use the word women anymore. And if that's the case, what about women who aren't currently pregnant? Non-incubators? Or women who are breastfeeding - lactators??

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VigorousAnalSex · 21/11/2016 15:03

yes, but post menopausal women don't menstruate, either

But they have done previously. And so have experienced the stigma that the BBC are talking about here.

Manumission · 21/11/2016 15:02

Exactly hard I don't want to be reduced to my biological processes du jour. I'm quite happy to be grouped with other women who will have the same physical experiences as me over our collective life courses.

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ageingrunner · 21/11/2016 15:01

i don't believe the BBC have used it in order to be literally correct. It's so as not to offend trans people. Does this mean there are guidelines re how to mention women? What about men? Will they also be referred to by their biological functions?
Or is it just women/woman that's too offensive to be written down?

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HardcoreLadyType · 21/11/2016 15:00

Hmm, yes, but post menopausal women don't menstruate, either. Neither do many woman with hormonal imbalances. I accept the point about trans men. But if they're having hormonal therapy, they probably won't be menstusting, either.

Manumission · 21/11/2016 14:57

They've possibled me right off.

And there's no feasible way I can even boycott the BBC.

ShowMeTheElf · 21/11/2016 14:56

It's a link to a snippet from A Bleeding Shame which was broadcast back in June about periods, shame, perception. The tone of the piece is very much 'those who bleed have had enough of being shamed as it's a completely natural thing.' It's off the back of the freebleeding back in the summer in protest about the tax on sanitary protection.
Not the greatest description of women of reproductive age undergoing a natural process but at least literally correct in this case.

glenthebattleostrich · 21/11/2016 14:56

Typical BBC. Let's not possible off 1% of the population when we can offend over 50%. Idiots.

Amalfimamma · 21/11/2016 14:54

HardcoreLadyType

Menstruaters is used to include transmen and to not discrimine against transwomen who find it 'transphobic' to say only women have periods.

Amalfimamma · 21/11/2016 14:53

Once more the BBC show their true colours.

HardcoreLadyType · 21/11/2016 14:52

Well, what's wrong with "menstruating women".

It doesn't discriminate against trans women, as there are other groups of women that don't menstruate, either. And it's a bit more dignified, surely?

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ageingrunner · 21/11/2016 14:51

This is in a segment talking about de stigmatising periods btw

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VigorousAnalSex · 21/11/2016 14:50

On a good day I'd say they're trying to be funny.

On a bad day, I'd say they're pandering to trans bullshit.

FourToTheFloor · 21/11/2016 14:50

Ffs. Who thought that sentence was OK?

Manumission · 21/11/2016 14:49

Bleeders, feeders and breeders, are we now?

I suppose they have to have a way to sidestep the inconvenient biological fact that WOMEN lactate, gestate and menstruate 🙄

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ageingrunner · 21/11/2016 14:47

twitter.com/bbcradio4/status/799030970288635905

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