People who menstruate

[lafemme]

NC as this concerns my place of work - (a school)

Brook will be delivering a talk to staff. The synopsis of content is 'people who menstruate - supporting them in period poverty'. Throughout the whole summary of the talk this term is used. This is Brook's wording.

I'm really surprised at an organisation such as Brook using this term - Why not use the term young women/ girls in period poverty?

Is this just semantics? I can't help feeling that the term 'people who produce sperm' would just never be used 

The way they see women. The ones who're women themselves are very proud of how well they're fulfilling their role as support humans, part of which is keeping the other support humans in line.

I am sure if there was a talk specifically about producing semen then 'people who produce semen' would be used

Well, no, because no-one wants to remind the public that most transwomen produce semen.

Inclusivity dictates that we pretend they have delicate flowers under their miniskirts and not fully functional penises.

Top post CharlieParley

*These words are sex designators, that is they name the female sex and do so in two age categories - adult and juvenile. They do not stand in as designators for sex stereotypes or sex role stereotypes.

So we have precise, succinct and easy words to name our sex. Let's encourage everyone to use them.*

Needs repeating. Regularly and often.

thetab.com/uk/exeter/2020/02/28/exeter-lecturer-accused-of-transphobia-for-saying-only-females-menstruate-47008

‘Lecturer accused of transphobia for saying stuff everyone knows to be true’

They want her fired for believing female people are an actual thing

Awesome.

It would be fucking hilarious if it wasn’t so sinister.

Like, has everyone forgotten that humans are mammals?

It's really not hurting anyone.

The expression "people who menstruate" hurts me. The expression erases my womanhood. I am offended. Why is it OK to offend me? Why do the feelings of genetic females identifying as males matter more than my feelings? Why, Sappho?