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Cisgender women (and other people who menstruate) - The Pool

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Lottapianos · 01/08/2018 09:03

I am so fucking done with The Pool. Their articles have been getting more and more ridiculous recently but today we have this little gem

'.....after 15 years of talking to other cisgender women (and other people who menstruate) about their periods, I realise it’s all very normal'

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Seriously, how do people come out with this utter nonsense? Do the writers on The Pool have absolutely no critical thinking skills anymore? Who do they think their target audience is, and are they determined to alienate them even further?

So sick of it

OP posts:
TransplantsArePlants · 01/08/2018 12:38

nan

Oh.... women. With a uterus. Got it.

UpstartCrow · 01/08/2018 12:38

Are men's magazines being subjected to this kind of censorship?

LangCleg · 01/08/2018 12:36

The same class of human being menstruates after the advent of the gender religion as it did before the advent of the gender religion. I wonder what class of human being that could be?

nanweat · 01/08/2018 12:35

BiologyIsReal
Trans men or non-binary trans...... simple.

As the feminists on 'the pool' are clearly pointing out.

BiologyIsReal · 01/08/2018 12:10

Nanweat - so who are these people who are not women who menstruate. Pray tell?

littlbrowndog · 01/08/2018 12:00

Nanweat doing a frothing. Haha

littlbrowndog · 01/08/2018 11:59

Lol transplants

TransplantsArePlants · 01/08/2018 11:58

Nan
Try and get a few more adjectives in there my love. There aren't quite enough to make it nonsensical hyperbole

nanweat · 01/08/2018 11:26

The users on 'the pool' facebook post, have made it very clear they are intersectional.

They are not standing for the transphobic GC angle.

The lack of logic shown by the GC advocates in an attempt to exclude marginalized people from the intent of the article simply comes across as monumentally petty, childish, and insulting to other commentators.

Original poster
Lottapianos · 01/08/2018 11:11

'Do join me in the comments underneath the Pool's Facebook post to speak some common sense'

On my way!

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dolorsit · 01/08/2018 10:55

I've been reading articles recently about peri-menopause. I have found it very irritating that the newer articles refer to cis women.

According to "trans" ideology gender is different to sex. Therefore one's gender is irrelevant to the menopause. It's sex, use the word female if you feel the word "women" no longer describes those who menstruation.

Clairetree1 · 01/08/2018 10:50

Do join me in the comments underneath the Pool's Facebook post to speak some common sense. I'm currently getting a lot of "so what problem do you have with inclusive language?" type responses....

will do

littlbrowndog · 01/08/2018 10:48

It’s exclusive cos we are not cis gender women or trans woman

Where’s just women

TransplantsArePlants · 01/08/2018 10:46

Identifies as Superwoman. Menstruates

TransplantsArePlants · 01/08/2018 10:42

Have they turned into Doctor Dolittle and been talking to animals?

Bats menstruate. So do elephant shrews. Are some of them identifying as 'people'?

I think we should be told

bakingdemon · 01/08/2018 10:32

Do join me in the comments underneath the Pool's Facebook post to speak some common sense. I'm currently getting a lot of "so what problem do you have with inclusive language?" type responses....

Clairetree1 · 01/08/2018 10:17

I don't allow the term "cis" in my classroom, as it is offensive

well, I do allow it in the context of isomers of organic molecules, obviously!

Grin

because that is what it applies to! does not apply to human beings in any way.

Clairetree1 · 01/08/2018 10:15

I have seen this! Tbh when I see “cis
Gender / women I struggle to read as I get angry!

i think we just have to challenge it every single time, verbally or in writing, never let it go even once

Clairetree1 · 01/08/2018 10:14

I don't allow the term "cis" in my classroom, as it is offensive

Clairetree1 · 01/08/2018 10:14

I'm a biology teacher, I won't be saying this when I teach the menstrual cycle to year 7

I'm also a biology teacher, and I refuse point blank to parrot the TRA party line on sex and gender.

If I'm asked in lessons, I give an honest, scientifically correct answer.

If I'm sacked for that one day, I don't care.

Trying to tell me to teach "transwomen are women" I put on a par with teachers in nazi germany being made to teach nazi race science

fantasmasgoria1 · 01/08/2018 10:01

I have seen this! Tbh when I see “cis
Gender / women I struggle to read as I get angry!

2ManyDicksOnTheDancefloor · 01/08/2018 09:54

This totally annoyed me this morning when I read it too. I'm a biology teacher, I won't be saying this when I teach the menstrual cycle to year 7, does that make me transphobic?

AngryAttackKittens · 01/08/2018 09:47

Definitely the fault of an editor either virtue signalling or trying to avoid a TRA pile-on.

SpartacusVonWaitrose · 01/08/2018 09:46

Linguistic Rube Goldberg.

VickieCherry · 01/08/2018 09:41

I just read this and eyerolled - it does sound like an editorial decision rather than being part of the original article. It's somewhat crowbarred in - you either use 'women' or 'people who menstruate', no need for both.