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People with the capacity for pregnancy... would that be, women?

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PaddleBoardingMomma · 12/07/2022 19:12

https://twitter.com/gregprice11/status/1546891926997188608?s=24&t=XMXJzvWWonOzM4sYUG56g

I mean... what can you say 👀

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Pallisers · 13/07/2022 00:26

KatVonlabonk · 12/07/2022 23:28

When are these fools going to realise what a gift they are to the right?

This. this this this in the US where I live. They really don't seem to understand what they are handing to the conservative shites who want to ban abortion, gay marriage, contraception etc. But maybe they do and are ok with it? I don't know. I'm baffled with all this tbh. The dialogue about abortion affecting "pregnant people/folks" was unreal.

I can't have children anymore - am I a woman?
My mother (adoptive) could not have children - was she a woman?

Phobiaphobic · 13/07/2022 00:17

Imnobody4 · 12/07/2022 21:55

I can't believe the state of academia- she's a Professor. I can't take any more of this warped nonsense.

Totally agree. It's mind-blowing.

KatVonlabonk · 12/07/2022 23:28

When are these fools going to realise what a gift they are to the right?

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PaddleBoardingMomma · 12/07/2022 23:22

Huh... just realised that when I had my last baby I had my tubes removed, so... I don't have the capacity for pregnancy any longer.

I never knew I was no longer a woman. You learn something new every day!

🫃🏼

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turbonerd · 12/07/2022 23:16

My uterus is also broken. It has had the capacity to bring forth children, but no more. I am not menopausal though.
I still find that I am a woman though.

SeaRabbit · 12/07/2022 22:49

The poor kids in her school subject to that.

She is a professor at Berkeley. Supposedly a university sort of place...
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JacquelinePot · 12/07/2022 22:07

Good lord! 😳

Motorina · 12/07/2022 21:56

Wow. That is an amazing bit of DARVO, right there.

I think, from context, the phrase she's looking for is 'pregnant women'.

Imnobody4 · 12/07/2022 21:55

I can't believe the state of academia- she's a Professor. I can't take any more of this warped nonsense.

WolverineBluey · 12/07/2022 21:18

Dear God, make it STOP. There are people on Twitter actually cheering this woman on as if she's doing something intelligent. It is painful. It's dishonest, disingenuous, and it is clearly conning many.

myuterusistryingtokillme · 12/07/2022 19:33

My uterus is broken so clearly doesn't mean me then!

valadon68 · 12/07/2022 19:28

You can be a trans man and still a woman, if 'woman' is understood to refer to sex (whether in the particular context or just generally). So we can talk about pregnancy exclusively affecting women without offending anyone.

HipTightOnions · 12/07/2022 19:26

I am post-menopausal. I would be perfectly capable of realising that a reference to "women" in the context of pregnancy does not apply to me.

What's more, I wouldn't consider any violence to have been perpetrated against me.

JellySaurus · 12/07/2022 19:26

Wow, with that anti-freedom of speech attitude she's hardly an advocate for pro-choice.

Fairislefandango · 12/07/2022 19:23

What about women who are post menopausal?

So, 'Women with the capacity for pregnancy' would be better wording then.

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PaddleBoardingMomma · 12/07/2022 19:18

Some women have the capacity for pregnancy, some women do not, that's never been in question. Men do not however have the capacity for pregnancy, and if you watch clip you'll see that having the audacity to say that means you're a transphobe who promotes violence

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MrsOvertonsWindow · 12/07/2022 19:18

Wow! That's a little pen portrait of the script that shuts down via intimidation, humiliation and threats any challenge to an ideology.

She''s so smug and self satisfied while parroting absolute nonsense. The poor kids in her school subject to that.

Flopisfatteningbingforchristmas · 12/07/2022 19:16

What about women who are post menopausal?