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Originally Posted by Paul
The role of people who wrote it is not to make political comments either. One corrects the other.
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Unfortunately, our media is filled with people all too happy to put a political stance on everything. OK, we aren't as bad as America, but we are getting there..
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Originally Posted by Chris
… which is of course the latest activist strategy. ‘Kerfuffle over nothing’ doesn’t quite fit with the last decade of people in the public eye, particularly women, getting disciplined or having their contracts cancelled, for making these basic points. It is of course fast becoming a ‘kerfuffle over nothing’ because it’s no longer acceptable to be seen blatantly demanding #NoDebate. Trying to make out it’s just not important is the next best thing.
I very much doubt you’re ignorant as to why someone would choose to describe women who are with child with a non gender-specific term like ‘pregnant people’.
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Personally, I don't particularly like the term "pregnant people". The fact is that biologic women get pregnant. Biological men do not have the body parts required to do so. Men who happen to be transitioning from women do unless they complete the transition. However, it should be noted that not all biological women can get pregnant.
I do support the rights of every person to be seen as the gender they feel they are, even if that is different to what they were born as, but I do not think that should be at the expense of a group of people who already sometime suffer because of their gender.
However, I do not think transitioning should be easy because if you do it properly, it involves a series of serious medical procedures, some involving surgery. Surgery should never be undertaken lightly.