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For anyone who thinks calling pregnant women 'birthing people' is not a big deal, here's where that leads

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Clymene · 26/10/2020 19:00

Femcare is an organisation in Canada which provides education and advocacy around periods, seeks to end period poverty and end the stigma and health issues associated with periods.

Look at this tweet in their series about PCOS: 'another complication that may arise as a result of polycystic ovary syndrome is a menstruator having a miscarriage or premature birth of the baby'

A woman who is pregnant is not menstruating you fucking idiots. AngryAngryAngry

This is where this shitty language gets us. Organisations which are created and funded for women's health have completely erased us.

We are menstruators, birth givers, ovary havers.

Ps I am gratified to see that my iPad doesn't like the word menstruator. I'm sure that will change with the next update Hmm

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Dozer · 26/10/2020 19:15

Awful.

Angry

I well recall the horror of ‘menstruating’ while pregnant (miscarriages).

Delphinium20 · 26/10/2020 19:14

That is also what happens when you underpay copywriters and editors. Either you get inexperienced employees who are oblivious or too junior to raise their hands.

ZombieOtter · 26/10/2020 19:13

They don't even need to use a word at all there - they could've just said that polycystic ovaries increase the risk of miscarriage or premature birth!😡

Sexnotgender · 26/10/2020 19:12

Fucking pile of shite. Fuck them all.

mum2jakie · 26/10/2020 19:12

That's appalling and totally insensitive. Luckily, we have plenty of suitable words to describe the arseholes that produce this kind of document

Clymene · 26/10/2020 19:11

Someone who menstruates @balla20

Personally, as a post-menopausal woman. I'm not sure what name I have. After-menstruator?

I know many women who use contraceptives which cease their menstruation. What do they call them I wonder?

It's really weird because there's a really handy catch all term for all of us: women.

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ShirleyPhallus · 26/10/2020 19:10

It’s hideous but look at all the lovely replies pointing out how awful the language is

balla20 · 26/10/2020 19:06

I don't identify as a menstruator, what is it?

PersonaNonGarter · 26/10/2020 19:04

So awful.

Lunasea · 26/10/2020 19:04

Dystopian.

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