'Inclusivity' isn't the only value at stake when it comes to how we talk about sex
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Be inclusive or be clear, but you can't be both. Advocates for 'inclusive' -- in this case, gender-neutral -- language often insist that "inclusivity costs you nothing." When you talk about menstruation, pregnancy, abortion, and childbirth, there's just no need to talk about women or femaleness or sex. Why wouldn't you just be kind and substitute "they" for "she," and "people" (or menstruator or chestfeeder or abortion-seeker) for "woman"?
'Inclusivity' isn't the only value at stake when it comes to how we talk about sex
'Inclusivity' isn't the only value at stake…
'Inclusivity' isn't the only value at stake when it comes to how we talk about sex
Be inclusive or be clear, but you can't be both. Advocates for 'inclusive' -- in this case, gender-neutral -- language often insist that "inclusivity costs you nothing." When you talk about menstruation, pregnancy, abortion, and childbirth, there's just no need to talk about women or femaleness or sex. Why wouldn't you just be kind and substitute "they" for "she," and "people" (or menstruator or chestfeeder or abortion-seeker) for "woman"?