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Guardian Article

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RaymondSpectacles · 27/12/2020 09:06

www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/27/reasons-to-be-hopeful

Refers to women receiving an experimental HIV vaccine as 'cisgender women'. It's just tautology, isn't it?

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CatsCantCatchChristmas2 · 27/12/2020 09:20

Ex guardian reader here.

Is the readers editor still that chap called Ian something?

Please let us know if you get a response.

(Their style guide has nothing to say about the conflation of sex and gender.)

UppityPuppity · 27/12/2020 09:19

Reason to be hopeful from the guardian - participants in important medical sexed-based research is actually based on gender identity. We know many people who categorise identify as ‘cisgender’ women who aren’t women. Not a reason to be hopeful.

In fairness to the article, the word woman was used more frequently. Would be interesting to see if ‘cisgender’ was reported in the actual academic paper or whether the guardian, as usual, just can’t help themselves.

midgebabe · 27/12/2020 09:18

Did they check all were cisgender or assume?
What was the basis of excluding none cisgender women?
Or by cisgender do they simply mean female women ?

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RaymondSpectacles · 27/12/2020 09:16

I've complained to the readers' editor!

The term ‘cisgender women’ in an article (Reasons To Be Hopeful in 2021, 27.12.2020) about women who are receiving potentially life-saving treatment to prevent HIV infection in South Africa is, firstly, tautological, and secondly, highly offensive to women. Clear use of language when discussing female biology and medical treatment is of utmost importance in upholding the safety of women.

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Gncq · 27/12/2020 09:13

Ugh!
I thought, fair enough they only say it once, the rest of the time it's just "women" but that once basically links itself to every other time the word "woman" is used in the article, implying that the word "woman/women" means a male person unless you specifically say that word.
No, it doesn't!

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