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Time to take back language - a manifesto discussion thread

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Forwarder · 02/07/2023 20:59

One of the anti women lobby's key tools is language.

Okay, calling women non-men is, as yet, still a step too far. But much of their success is in redefing language.

I would like to suggest that MN FWR creates a new lexicon, that recentres the discussion on to women's rights. I realise this thread might get deleted, but worth a try.

What words and phrases do think need alternatives and what would you suggest?

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PomegranateOfPersephone · 02/07/2023 21:45

Let’s just go with sticking to man and woman, girl and boy for a start.

Then we use sex when we mean that and avoid the word gender unless we are talking about grammar or following it by the word identity.

Describe things clearly and accurately in plain English and try to avoid jargon even if it takes more words.

Say “man who believes he is or wishes he was or is pretending to be a woman” and vice versa.

Say he or she if you are talking about known individuals or unknown individuals of known sex.

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