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How can i hide a topic? I kniw how to hide threads but would like tohide a topic?

Thanks

Anyone with a cervix is also a person and so they will know that it refers to them

Actually I think there is research which suggests that lots of 'people' don't know they have a cervix. There was a thread on here the other week where a poster in her thirties thought she weed out of her vagina. The Eve Appeal is currently campaigning for much better education of children about their body parts as evidence is emerging that people are unable to accurately point out their own correct body parts. If you have ever listened to My Dad Wrote A Porno you will know that there are definitely many people out there who have not a clue what a cervix is!

So I'm not sure that 'some people with cervixes don't know they have a cervix' is quite the ridiculous assertion that it first seems.

The nurses who perform smear tests have always been in a room along with me.

Mine always ask if I want a chaperone (and they are female). You can always ask for one anyway.

Do you know anything about how quickly cervical cancer progresses? Clue: slowly.

My own mother had to go straight into hospital within weeks to have a further check and then a hysterectomy. They couldn't afford to piss around.

The Eve Appeal is currently campaigning for much better education of children about their body parts as evidence is emerging that people are unable to accurately point out their own correct body parts

And that's exactly how that issue should be overcome.

So I'm not sure that 'some people with cervixes don't know they have a cervix' is quite the ridiculous assertion that it first seems.

No, it's not a ridiculous assertion. I'm not sure why anyone would think it was.

And that's exactly how that issue should be overcome.

Or we could keep on referring to women as women? Just a thought.

I have to say, I'm really happy that we are finally having discussion on this, but understand that the derail isn't fair. I don't necessarily want to go back to FWR either because I do agree that when one view dominates another it can be tricky. I have been glad that I have largely been the minority view on this thread.

I also have to go out now, pub is calling, but hopefully we can come together somehow and carry on the discussion at some point?

Actually I think there is research which suggests that lots of 'people' don't know they have a cervix

If they don't know that they have a cervix saying woman with a cervix as opposed to person with a cervix won't make any difference.

The fact that any girl or woman doesn't know their basic anatomy is an issue that needs addressing through education. Nothing at all to do with trans issues.

My own mother had to go straight into hospital within weeks to have a further check and then a hysterectomy. They couldn't afford to piss around.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. There was a thread here recently with a female gynaecologist posting; she said most cervical cancers are very slow acting (hence the infrequency of smears) and the rare one that is fast acting you couldn't have a smear often enough to be sure of picking it up anyway, and usually isn't caught until it's spread and you have symptoms elsewhere anyway. Wish I could find the thread, it was fascinating! So whilst off course your mother was terribly unlucky I suppose in some way she was.

Or we could keep on referring to women as women? Just a thought

We all are doing that. We're going to go round and round and round and round and round with you though as your incessant doggedness that they're not women just won't compute with you.

I also have to go out now, pub is calling, but hopefully we can come together somehow and carry on the discussion at some point?

The pub is a bloody good idea! I'll have to settle for a bottle of wine once the kids are in bed. If I see a thread some time in chat or aibu I will happily join it; just do be sure to put a warning in the title so others can avoid

Enjoy your drink!

Elephantinacravat considering on this thread about avoiding it, we’ve been called all variety of names, told we weren’t feminists, told are views are wrong and don’t matter, and been accused of being disingenuous by presenting facts, I think lots of us would like to just leave it here. Which was why we joined this thread. To work out how to just leave it, and not see the transbashing anymore.

I never expect an echo chamber. I am quite capable of arguing my position with people who disagree. That's why I'm still here. I objected to the nasty snidey comments about FWR behind people's backs. Not very in the spirit of the site, I don't think. FWR is not a hive mind. But most people don't actually believe MTF trans people are women just because they say so, and the growing popularity of FWR reflects that.

FFS, women lol!! No not. It's that infuriating lol

Hi folks,

We're getting an awful lot of reports about this thread and after taking a look, we can see it's travelled off into another discussion - far from what the OP was originally asking. We're closing the thread now.