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Bring Back The Word 'Woman' Nhs Told
//The word "woman" must be used on NHS websites for cancer and pregnancy information, more than 1,000 doctors, nurses and health workers have told the service…. A letter drawn up by the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender, which is made up of NHS staff, said dropping the use of the word was disrespectful… Specifically, the NHS must use women's words for women's bodies and women's health problems... NHS.UK healthcare messaging shows a lack of concern for women, is disrespectful and insults women.//
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Hear hear … but not only is airbrushing 'women' out disrespectful and insulting - giving the impression that people other than women (dare I say men?) are also affected by health problems and conditions that can apply only to women is just plain stupid. Why aren't they saying that too?
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Hear hear … but not only is airbrushing 'women' out disrespectful and insulting - giving the impression that people other than women (dare I say men?) are also affected by health problems and conditions that can apply only to women is just plain stupid. Why aren't they saying that too?
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Easy to deal with. NHS should use the word women where they mean women and to help those who are genuinely or deliberately confused about the meaning have an explanatory note somewhere at the end or start of a long document that says what they mean , eg those who are biologically born as a woman /have certain body features following surgery
//It should be obvious, especially to someone who often tries to champion free speech, why trying to "ban" that is problematic. //
Does OG champion free speech? I don't know. But that said, since free speech on this issue seems to be valued by you, why is it that you deny it to others by insisting they use language acceptable to you but unacceptable to them?
Does OG champion free speech? I don't know. But that said, since free speech on this issue seems to be valued by you, why is it that you deny it to others by insisting they use language acceptable to you but unacceptable to them?
I don't insist, I just ask. And sometimes not even that. I *do* insist on using my given name, but that should barely need any defence. Most people, in my experience, seem to be only too happy to refer to me the way I'd obviously wish to be. Whether that's because they only actually see a woman, or because they understand that there's no reason to be anything other than polite, you'd have to ask them. For those who don't, it's a weird hill to die on for sure. Why bother when it's inevitably going to create conflict? And if it genuinely bothers you then there are easy neutral ways around it -- by, for example, always referring to someone in the third person by their name.
As for how to refer to trans people who are members of AB, well, it's not really me insisting, is it? It's part of the Site Rules.
As for how to refer to trans people who are members of AB, well, it's not really me insisting, is it? It's part of the Site Rules.
Didnt see it gg but I cant imagine why it would be toecurling.... but your going to have to put up with curling toes or lighten up as theres a clear trend for more programmes to feature either transgender or drag queens (dancing on ice, stephs packed lunch seems to have one in the small audience/panel most days), and no doubt ads will follow soon now
> If transgender people exist ...
Well ... do they? Evidently so, I would say.
The nomenclature is debatable, in that different people have different opinions.
And another problem is that a myriad issues, from form-filling to Oscar-nominating to prison-populating, have been created on a binary state and the world has moved on a bit and is not binary any more. When trying to put a non-binary population into a binary box, the answer will depend on who is answering ...
Well ... do they? Evidently so, I would say.
The nomenclature is debatable, in that different people have different opinions.
And another problem is that a myriad issues, from form-filling to Oscar-nominating to prison-populating, have been created on a binary state and the world has moved on a bit and is not binary any more. When trying to put a non-binary population into a binary box, the answer will depend on who is answering ...
Thanks clare.... i'm just wondering whether some will use different pronouns or be a different gender depending on how they feel at a particular time or depending on there audience- eg someone might be Suzy at night or weekends or with family but John at work or in certain company like in a sports team
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