Stop it with the stupid videos. Please. 

Women who are infertile are still women. 51% of the planet, no matter what we have in common, women. and we are treated like second class citizens (see abortion, see porn, see sex trafficking, see the news). Woman is the word for all of us.

I think what folks like Midler are responding to is the fact that, as women’s rights are being taken away and attacked, lefty organizations have responded by using gender neutral language to describe things that are widely to experienced as women’s issues (e.g. giving birth). This language, which is intended to be…

Bette Midler may be throwing a fit, I’m not. I personally am indifferent to that sort of language usage but also don’t really care if people choose to just use the word “woman” as a generalization because that’s how the vast majority of the population in question refers to themselves without a second thought.

I have no right to make anyone prove to me what gender they are. None. I’m still concerned and undecided about 6'5", 200lb former males who become female and take over women’s sports so that no 5'4" woman can ever win first place again. When a male transitions to female, that person does not lose their upper body…

You are right. Not all women can give birth. Not all women menstruate, and womanhood should not be defined by those things. However the VAST majority of those giving birth and menstruating are biological women. That is not an opinion, it is a fact. It’s important not to forget that fact when talking about reproductive…

Not all women can give birth. Not all women menstruate. However the VAST majority of those giving birth and menstruating are biological women. That is not an opinion, it is a fact. It’s important not to forget that fact when talking about reproductive rights and issues like Tampon Tax, because these are predominately…

It is deeply ironic to me that a movement that places a lot of importance on respecting how someone wants to be addressed labels women transphobic for wanting to be addressed as such.

Because the vast majority of ciswomen prefer to be called women and not people who give birth, which many find dehumanizing. We can make space for one oppressed minority without stepping on another.

Are we also doing away with the word ‘men’ for ‘penis-havers’ or ‘insemination-capable people’?

It’s not just you. I worked for a midwifery organization and they explicitly put out a memo saying that their efforts to make language more inclusive would not involve removing the term ‘woman’ from the language, because the midwifery profession is very much aware of its history and that it provided a counterpoint to…

I will never have children and I still don’t like the idea of doing away with woman/women, for any reason. And I think a lot of women feel similarly and this is really a ridiculous hill to die on, one that will alienate more people than anything else, and - because the left sucks at messaging and thinks shaming and…

Did you read the Op Ed? It lays out some pretty compelling examples.

Well said. Thank you. And I like your use of “And”, which is far more inclusionary than eliminating the word woman.

I’m fine with “women and birthing people” or “women and menstruators” or any other term people want, but I’m not ready to give up on woman/women because women are still struggling to achieve equal rights and the word’s existence doesn’t preclude that of people with other gender identities, but they can be listed in…

‘We’ll never know!’ if this was completely fake and planted her family, lawyers and entire US Govt would be very loudly calling it completely fake made-up bullshit. The fact that they haven’t confirms that, actually, yeah she vapes hash oil and all parties involved know it.

I mean, lots of people smoke weed but aren’t dumb enough to bring it on an international flight, let alone to an unfriendly nation. I’m just not willing to believe anything the Russian government says about anything. Maybe she had it on her, maybe not. We’ll never know, since we are dealing with habitual liars.

So your proof that the studies author is a “TERF” is the fact that someone called them a TERF because they were researching the issue in question. That’s some great proof you have there.

All you have to do is read, it’s been there the whole time:

There have been and continue to be emerging scientific studies that show that even well past post-op, trans women retain 95% of their strength even 1 year after starting testosterone suppressive therapy.