PARLIAMENTARY PETITION: FUND RESEARCH INTO DESEXED LANGUAGE IN WOMEN’S HEALTH

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PARLIAMENTARY PETITION: FUND RESEARCH INTO DESEXED LANGUAGE IN WOMEN’S HEALTH

"We have observed words like “girls,” “women,” “mothers” and “breastfeeding” being replaced or added to with terms like “people with a cervix”, “birthing people” and “chestfeeding” (desexed language).

It seems these changes have been made without research to determine impact, if they are understood or acceptable.

We don’t know how many women misunderstand desexed language or are more confused about their body because of it. We don’t know how many reject messages with desexed language or whose health is harmed. We don’t know the impact on women with low English skills, education, or health knowledge. We urge the Government to fund research on the impact of desexed language in women’s health and how to best communicate with our diverse population of women, including those with special language needs."

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/748663

Jennifer Gourley, Let Women Speak North East

• speaking at Let Women Speak Morpeth, 13 Oct 2024

thank you to everyone who has been sharing, appreciate this

Hoping we can get to 100,000 signatures, we have 3 weeks to do so, this hopefully explains more, in need of a miracle

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/748663

cannot believe they can desexed our words, miscarriage women are already not seen and heard but Clive writes families on his X account not understanding not every woman has a other half at home! and in his letter he says "women and birthing people" if he was a woman he know if you lose a baby before 12 weeks you do not birth your baby, if you any time and you on X do tell him how upsetting you find this wording.

we not even near 10,000 and have 21 days to get 100,000 signatures, so distressing our words disappearing and we cannot get enough support,

when you lose a baby before 24 weeks its the most hardest thing ever but here are these men erasing our words, the same Clive does not get why we need our single sex spaces and services, now seeing lots of "pregnant people" its so darn hard this

so tired of trying so hard.

no idea how we win our words back now, no idea

Podcast we did to explain why the research

at 9319
so looking like we may get to 10,000 but sadly not 100,000 sigantures,
so be starting a new one, but if we have 36 hours so maybe our luck will change

sign here
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/748663

and help us to get there