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'Pregnant people' now being used by my local trust's maternity dept.

86 replies

musicalfrog · 12/01/2022 16:46

As well as the awful 'chest feeding'.

It makes me angry and sad although I can't really articulate why. What percentage of the population are we appeasing by sacrificing the word woman?

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ReluctantNurseMaid · 12/01/2022 17:27

Ignoring your odd choice to put the word people in quotation marks, a pregnant women is also a pregnant person; that is an undeniable fact. A pregnant non-binary person is not a pregnant woman.

What is the issue of referring to the collective as pregnant people and individual people by their preferred pronouns/gender identity?

For all the talk of young people these days being offended about everything, people seem to be incredibly offended about something that doesn't have any real effect on them...

KittenKong · 12/01/2022 17:21

Bleugh. Utter nonsense, unthinking parroting…

DaisiesandButtercups · 12/01/2022 17:20

I shared this on the BJM thread yesterday but it really is excellent and the authors are well respected. Anyone making complaints to trusts might like to link this or quote from it.

www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgwh.2022.818856/full?fbclid=IwAR1GmMyg9yC58i3SargXSSpsw1NgaVoD6raB8cz40YuEgx9VxFTr5A4m4OQ

Linguini · 12/01/2022 17:19

@ReluctantNurseMaid

Are pregnant women not also pregnant people? What about including transgender men and non binary people do you dislike? Inclusivity isn't about appeasing anyone.

Can understand the dislike of the term chest feeding. Everyone has breasts, regardless of sex or gender.

"People" can't get pregnant overall.

Less than a quarter of "people" can get pregnant.

You can only get pregnant if you're a woman, or a woman who identifies as a ... / ... (don't forget my pronouns or else).

The term "pregnant people" erases women.

BettyFilous · 12/01/2022 17:09

@deleteasappropriate

Complain! Or put the name of the trust here and many of us will complain for you. It's awful, dehumanising language and must be called out. Did you see the copy of the Lancet where they described women as 'bodies with vaginas'? How dare they!
I still can’t get over that Lancet cover. As I said to DH it doesn’t differentiate between a living or dead woman. The raging misogynists might not agree, but I’m more than a voiceless lump of flesh with a (fuck) hole. Utterly dehumanising.
ReluctantNurseMaid · 12/01/2022 17:03

Are pregnant women not also pregnant people? What about including transgender men and non binary people do you dislike? Inclusivity isn't about appeasing anyone.

Can understand the dislike of the term chest feeding. Everyone has breasts, regardless of sex or gender.

deleteasappropriate · 12/01/2022 16:57

Complain! Or put the name of the trust here and many of us will complain for you. It's awful, dehumanising language and must be called out. Did you see the copy of the Lancet where they described women as 'bodies with vaginas'? How dare they!

'Pregnant people' now being used by my local trust's maternity dept.
WeeTorag · 12/01/2022 16:56

I'll never be pregnant again but if I could be, I would kick up the biggest stink at the clinic or Hospital if anyone dared to refer to me as a pregnant person. I'm livid about this.

MabelTheCow · 12/01/2022 16:55

How awful that you don’t identify as a birthing person! I can’t imagine coming from a minority group of pregnant mothers who don’t identify with being a birthing person. It sounds like you feel very unseen and devalued by the department’s exclusion of you.

Notbeforemycoffeeplease · 12/01/2022 16:51

It’s madness and anyone you speak to will say the same. It’s gone too far.

NoToLandfill · 12/01/2022 16:51

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