Starling Bank - How to write inclusively ..

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FAQs · 17/12/2021 15:04

www.starlingbank.com/blog/tips-on-how-to-write-inclusively/?fbclid=IwAR3m5clUUKArjEN_-jxnp1vELAhecQDzOzKhmCuK1HIuVP7dIl8kw1PkLk4

Where we can, we use ‘woman’ instead of ‘female’ – but we always consider whether we need to specify the person’s gender at all. Reducing women to mere reproduction by using ‘female’ (i.e. their sex) could also exclude those who can’t reproduce, as well as trans and gender non-conforming people

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Moolia · 17/12/2021 15:19

It says "black sheep" is offensive. But from what I've read that's a misunderstanding of its origins:

www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/black-sheep-of-the-family.html

NoToast · 17/12/2021 15:17

'mere reproduction'. Yeah, I was pregnant for half an hour, popped out a bean after a sneeze, stuck it in my parenting pod and that was it.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 17/12/2021 15:13

The hoops that this male led ideology jump through to exclude women from our own sex is so telling. No other group is so closely monitored by their oppressor group and gaslit into centring them

Purpleavocado · 17/12/2021 15:10

So, I'm 50, so therefore I can't reproduce anymore, so I'm no longer female? And there I was, thinking I was more than just my old ovaries...

UltraVividLament · 17/12/2021 15:08

Are they really suggesting that referring to women as female, is about their reproductive capabilities?? And that using the word female excludes women who can't reproduce?? WTF.

PaleBlueMoonlight · 17/12/2021 15:07

I haven't clicked it, but from that extract, give me strength.

Galvantula · 17/12/2021 15:06

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