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The audacity of this... requesting erasure of word "women".

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HeadPain · 31/01/2021 17:12

If anyone is keeping a record of the many instances of individuals and organisations attempting to stop the use of the word "woman" to describe women/women's services, here's another example...

"Hi President Biden! Thank you so much for doing this. I'm wondering if you could adjust your wording from "women's healthcare" to "healthcare for people who get pregnant and bleed". I am a (trans) woman but dont need these services. Thank you for your work!"

mobile.twitter.com/Leyanelle/status/1355813466469261312

Note this isn't an attack on that individual and I don't want to focus on them , but their statement which is far from an unusual phenomenon unfortunately, and organisations are even willfully doing it.

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HeadPain · 31/01/2021 17:41

Women who don't need the services because of health conditions or whatever have never complained about the use of the word woman.

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HeadPain · 31/01/2021 17:38

Because they're not included as they're a trans woman and don't need the services, in their view we can't use the word woman apparently

"Hi President Biden! Thank you so much for doing this. I'm wondering if you could adjust your wording from "women's healthcare" to "healthcare for people who get pregnant and bleed". I am a (trans) woman but dont need these services. Thank you for your work!"

mobile.twitter.com/Leyanelle/status/1355813466469261312

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HeadPain · 31/01/2021 17:35

Was it bleeders or breeders, or both, that were used as a derogatory word s for women by some trans people on Tumblr and wherever else?

Btw this is the tweet that they were replying to:

"Today, I issued a Presidential Memorandum to protect and expand access to reproductive health care. I am fully committed to protecting women’s health here at home and around the world." mobile.twitter.com/POTUS/status/1354953657796722693

seems their tweet isn't visible now because their account is on private, I think because it got quite a reaction.

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TheChip · 31/01/2021 17:29

Its all getting fecking ridiculous now.

Amen/awoman

Ereshkigalangcleg · 31/01/2021 17:27

I think it's more about attention seeking.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 31/01/2021 17:27

Women who don't have periods for medical reasons and can't get pregnant still can have other female health problems. Pure ignorance.

Gizmo79 · 31/01/2021 17:26

‘Bleeds’ yuck. Just why use that term. Women menstruate. It is not bleeding as such.
Such an offensive term.

iklboo · 31/01/2021 17:22

healthcare for people who get pregnant and bleed".

WTA&UF? Not all WOMEN get pregnant. Not all WOMEN bleed? These WOMEN still need healthcare services.

I thought 'trans women are women' anyway...so what's their problem with the word WOMEN?

PointBreakOrBadBoys2 · 31/01/2021 17:20

Not all women get pregnant.

Every human being bleeds.

What the actual fuck is wrong with these people? They're so incredibly self-centred. like toddlers who haven't learned the world does not revolve around them yet.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 31/01/2021 17:18

Hideously misogynistic. And proves what we already know, that this female erasure is really about the sensibilities of male people.

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