Woman

Totally ridiculous and as others say pandering to the vocal ‘in your face’ minority. I think it started in the US?

GagaJo

And off we go on another trans exclusionary thread...

Who has excluded whom, and from what?

gagajo I recall that grannygranby has a transgender child, so I doubt that was the intention. I didn’t comment on what appeared in the Evening Standard as I haven’t read it. I’d need to see what the original article said and what the reply said first. I would also be interested to know what grannygranby thought of it.

Doodledog what you are saying makes more sense than anything else I’ve read on this subject !

It’s ridiculous, but yet another example of the erasure of women. Or erasure of generally accepted terminology in favour of a tiny but vocal minority.

This x 1,000,000

And off we go on another trans exclusionary thread...

It is a nonsense, perpetuated by a very vocal, intolerant and undeservedly influential minority.

The Covid vaccine has been tested and has been found to
be safe if you are pregnant, no medical process is 100% safe but why stack the odds against you by not taking vaccine.
Reported in the news today from Brazil, unvaccinated pregnant women who catch Covid have a very high mortality rate, babies are being delivered by C section and surviving

Just tragic that this is happening in 2021

It’s ridiculous, but yet another example of the erasure of women. Or erasure of generally accepted terminology in favour of a tiny but vocal minority.

In case anyone is scratching their head wondering why anyone would want to use the term ‘pregnant people’ when clearly it is only people of the female sex who can get pregnant, it is to protect the sensitivities of pregnant women who identify as male.

I see no reason why midwives shouldn’t call transmen ‘people’ or ‘parents’ (on the rare occasions when midwives are likely to encounter people in this situation) but to change vocabulary for the rest of the population is a step too far.

I think if it wasn't so ridiculous if would laughable

Good grief!
Enlighten me - if the words 'man' and 'woman' signify gender,
what do the words 'male' and 'female' refer to?
(Aside from that, I can understand someone who's pregnant might hesitate over having a vaccination, not just a covid one).

I never read the Evening Standard.