3F. Language Issues: Pronouns, Legal Definitions, etc.
No Conflict They Said
“... the impact on women of men using women-only spaces, including but not limited to: bathrooms, shelters, rape and domestic violence refuges, gyms, spas, sports, schools, accommodations, hospital wards, shortlists, prizes, quotas, political groups, prisons, clubs, events, festivals, dating apps, and language…”
https://www.noconflicttheysaid.org
Stop Female Erasure
“Female erasure involves the removal of words that are specific to females and our biologically sexed bodies in language and in law. Around the world, the words female, mother, woman, and girls are being removed from news articles, advertisements, public health campaigns and in laws that are directly related to our female bodies and their biological processes which directly impact the privacy, safety, and rights of women and girls.”
https://www.stopfemaleerasure.com
https://twitter.com/StopXXErasure
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Wisdom begins with calling a thing by its proper name.
― Chinese proverb
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Claudia Aorta. "Biden's trans health secretary Dr Rachel Levine praises Alaska gender-affirming care clinic which wants word 'mother' replaced with phrase EGG PRODUCER.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/404SJ
Megan Banner. “Halifax pro-noun name badge row sees mass closing of accounts in 'worst PR disaster in British history'.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/kjVjp
Kara Dansky. “Another legal win in the US.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/Ftr2J
Andrew Doyle. “The liberal case against pronouns: There’s nothing progressive about compelled speech.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/v33H7
Tyler Durden. "UK doctor sacked over trans pronoun dispute did not risk safety [of] patient, regulator rules.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/FugX8
Lauren Evans. “Bill Shortens confirms scrapping of ‘birthing parent’ on government forms after mum sparks outrage on Twitter: Minister for NDIS and Government Services Bill Shorten has confirmed the label ‘birthing parent’ will be removed from government forms after mum Sall Grover sparked outrage on Twitter. ” [2023]
https://archive.ph/z7Upk
Free Speech Union. "FAQs on what to do if you are asked to declare your preferred pronouns at work." [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/caToJ
Genevieve Gluck. "'Cis' Coined by ‘Pedosexual’ Physician."[2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/UHke6
Debbie Hayton. “Why does Penny Mordaunt think ‘trans men are men’?” [2021]
https://archive.ph/bFODU
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There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.
― George Orwell
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Barra Kerr, Fair Play for Women. “Pronouns are rohypnol.” [2019]
https://archive.ph/Isb9u
Claire Lehmann, "Trans activists have no right to pervert the English language: The sinkhole of vagueness Orwell described has now swallowed up the word ‘woman.’” [2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/W3oZ3
Mark Macaskill. “Primary pupils are being bullied and called transphobic for using wrong pronouns.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/BUoDm
Alex Massie. “Joanna Cherry’s trans debacle displays creeping censorship in Scotland: The MP is entitled to more support from her fellow politicians.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/OZkzV
Maypelsyrup. “Why saying ‘uterus havers’ and ‘cervix owners’ is medically dangerous for women, especially the most vulnerable women.” [2021]
https://archive.ph/hlJViMumsnet. "Anti-pronouns letter to companies." [2021]
https://archive.ph/wip/c2XAQ
Geraldine Scott. "Ban children changing pronouns at school, Tory MP Miriam Cates says.” [UK][2023]
https://archive.ph/1AIQA
Sex Matters. “Lib Dems revise transphobia definition.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/pH6dK
Joe Silverstein. “Cambridge Dictionary changes definition of ‘man’ and ‘woman.’” [2022]
https://archive.ph/rb2Pm
Joan Smith. "How offensive is Edinburgh Festival?: If new legislation passes, actors could be criminalised for hurting an audience member's feelings. [2020]
https://archive.ph/6HJf1
Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/14/introduction/enacted
Kathleen Stock. “The importance of referring to human sex in language.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/7Epzl
Rebecca Thorn. “'They allow us to name something we know is wrong': The new words defining sexual abuse.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/7Epzl
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I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.
― Rebecca West
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Douglas Murray. “On gender pronouns.” [2022] VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0tMT76EgNk
Sky News Australia. “'There's no such thing as a cis woman': Inclusive language 'erasing' women's rights.” [2022] VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ycjF2CrRLY
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Why have women passion, intellect, moral activity... and a place in society where no one of these three can be exercised?
― Florence Nightingale
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Carol J. Adams. The sexual politics of meat: A feminist-vegetarian critical theory. [2015] BOOK
(Author article) Carol J. Adams. "The sexual politics of meat: wings,
thighs and breast: menu choices or an individual who matters so
little that her body parts can be consumed for someone
else's enjoyment?"
https://archive.ph/frPOn
Men often react to women's words--speaking and writing--as if they were acts of violence; sometimes men react to women's words with violence. So, we lower our voices. Women whisper. Women apologize. Women shut up. Women trivialize what we know. Women shrink. Women pull back. Most women have experienced enough dominance from men--control, violence, insult, contempt--that no threat seems empty.
— Andrea Dworkin