Assigned female at birth

Nobody is assigned a sex, it is always observed. The midwives in my family do not randomly assign anything to the babies they deliver. On those rare occasions when the external genitalia are not clearly one sex or the other genetic testing is done which clearly indicates which sex the infant should be registered as. In the distant past it was a matter of guessing, and at one time any ambiguous genitalia usually led to the infant being registered as female because surgery to approximate female biology is easier.
Anybody needing a smear test is female.

paddyann54

Was there a question over her gender when she was born? I have friend whose baby was "assigned a gender at birth" becuase it wasn't clear what gender it was.She raised the baby as a girl but it became clear as she grew older she was happier as a male .
This wasn't hidden in anyway from family and friends ,could your .Could your GD have had the same issues and it had been kept from everyone,including her ?

Those inviting her for a smear test probably won't know that.

They are usually routine letters, not specific to any patient.

I would have thought that sex is observed rather than assigned.

She would still have been assigned a sex, not a gender, though.

Was there a question over her gender when she was born? I have friend whose baby was "assigned a gender at birth" becuase it wasn't clear what gender it was.She raised the baby as a girl but it became clear as she grew older she was happier as a male .
This wasn't hidden in anyway from family and friends ,could your .Could your GD have had the same issues and it had been kept from everyone,including her ?

Callistemon21

What's wrong with "You are invited for a cervical smear test"?

What indeed.

What's wrong with "You are invited for a cervical smear test"?

It is ridiculous and worrying because someone could answer that they may have been assigned female at birth but they now identify as male so wish to turn down the appointment.
That could cause problems for them in the future if they refuse to attend.

In my opinion you are not being at all unreasonable. I don't know about PC going too far, but 'assigned female at birth' it is such a ludicrous phrase that if I got such a letter I would write to the head of my NHS trust and ask for it to be stopped.

Women need smear tests, because they are members of the female sex. Sex is not assigned, it is endemic. It is determined at conception, not at birth.