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Suggestion that census could ask “do you menstruate?” instead of asking sex.

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broccolibush · 04/06/2022 19:03

Telegraph article

So apparently it could be more inclusive and more precise to ask do you menstruate instead of asking for your sex. Which makes no sense at all to me. It would mean that pregnant women, menopausal women, women who have had hysterectomies, women on hormonal contraception, anorexic women, pre-pubescent girls and many others aren’t female. Surely this is beyond stupid?

More concerningly the article refers to “soft decertification” and “slow law” as a way to describe softly-softly pushing through change to erase women from womanhood.

These people need to grow up. And then fuck off.

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Basketet · 04/06/2022 19:08

Why oh why is this utter BS allowed to persist? Angry

AdamRyan · 04/06/2022 19:08

“many people do not have the normative bodies associated with being a woman or a man”.
I hate this. I'd assume the number of people who don't have "normative bodies" is dwarfed by the number of women who don't menstruate.
And it's so fucking reductive. We can't define people by their genitals, because it's offensive, but defining them by menstrual status is fine 😵

WomenShouldWinWomensSports · 04/06/2022 19:05

I haven't menstruated since 2018. Does that mean I get a pay rise and to compete in children's sports so I win?

Mum2jenny · 04/06/2022 19:04

Agreed

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