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Doctors and Health Secretary call for NHS to use the word 'woman'

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Hagiography · 09/06/2022 09:59

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61731994

'Leading doctors say they have concerns about the NHS reducing mentions of the word "women" in ovarian cancer guidance.

They say "it may cause confusion" and create barriers to care.'

This is from The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, with Sajid Javid backing calls for clear language. This is great news.

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Hagiography · 09/06/2022 10:36

I wonder if it's worth letters to SJ and other relevant parties (Truss, EHRCetc) to spell out these issues? Maybe 'Sex Matters' and other groups will be able to get meetings/write letters to raise all these points?

I'm hoping that they're already very aware of them, but not optimistic enough to presume they've joined all the dots.

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FOJN · 09/06/2022 10:32

I'm really heartened by the remarks made by members of government in recent days by now I want to see leadership.

I want the government to issue very clear guidance on the EA so that no one is left in any doubt that a business or service which denies women the safety, privacy and dignity of single sex spaces and services did so by choice. And that the erasure of female specific language can cause confusion with unintended consequences which could amount to discrimination.

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Hagiography · 09/06/2022 10:31

Yes, absolutely. At the very least the symptoms of genderism have been noted and widely seen as a problem. Whether Javid will listen to the women telling him what the root cause is or not ... we will see.

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Datun · 09/06/2022 10:30

I hope he gets to grip with the fact that it's not just about linguistic confusion, muddying the waters over who is affected by these diseases. It's about ideology captured public bodies.

Otherwise, he's going to have to take it one by one. Cervix havers for cervical cancer, menstruaters for period issues, birthing bodies, etc.

He needs to identify the reason, and tackle that, not the symptoms.

mrshoho · 09/06/2022 10:23

Very good 👍

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Hagiography · 09/06/2022 10:11

-okay, it's in all the papers! Herald/standard/telegraph, etc.

This is really heartening. Not just that relevant politicians with clout are standing up for women's rights and common sense policy, but that so many papers are reporting it and for once, not smearing women, who've been shouting themselves hoarse over this for fucking years.

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Circumferences · 09/06/2022 10:02

I'm all for a huge pushback on this dehumanising and batshit nonsense.

achillestoes · 09/06/2022 10:02

Great news.

Joystir59 · 09/06/2022 10:00

Great news indeed when this particular cancer often goes undiagnosed until advanced. A problem no mtf Transperson will ever experience.