This has really upset me

[Tittyfilarious81]

Sorry I don't normally post on this board so hope it's the right place, but this upsets me so much. I am a mother and proud to be called a mother / mum I feel like everything about being female is being stripped away piece by piece where the voice of the few is so loud now that the voice of the many is ignored
Scotland's civil service deleted 'MOTHER' from maternity policy mol.im/a/10103811 via dailym.ai/android

BTW, I mean so TM can read literature about mothers and use as relevant not to start to add 'TM mothers' into literature, the word mother would suffice for all mothers.

@freudien

Because the language we use changes over time.

We do not use derogatory words such as 'coloured' or 'retarded', despite there at the time being objection to changing the status quo.

In the same vein we no longer use 'disorder' and 'co-morbidity' but 'condition', and 'co-occurrence'. It wasn't that long ago that being gay was classed as a 'sexual perversion' in the DSM.

The truth is that some people will change their gender, and we all have to accommodate this. Just as we accommodated same sex marriage, abortion, civil rights and all the other rights that came before. It's sad to see so much resistance to this.

Gender, yes. Sex, no. Children will naturally want to know who their mother and father were and they have a right to know. Your argument suggests that the word mother is derogatory which I suggest many people would disagree with.

It's a good point, babies grow up to be adults and they want to know where their DNA comes from, are they like biological parents in looks and personalities. It's normal to be curious and investigate.

and I can assure you that we are moving away from this type of language.

Not the medical doctors I know.

Amy chance of you highlighting what is so very important for us to read in your lancet link? As I asked, given that you were disappointed we didn't respond to it?