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30th January 2017
03:24pm GMT
"Gender inequality is reflected in traditional ideas about the roles of women and men. "Though they have shifted over time, the assumptions and stereotypes that underpin those ideas are often deeply-rooted.’ "A large majority of people that have been pregnant or have given birth identify as women. ‘We can include intersex men and transmen who may get pregnant by saying ‘pregnant people’ instead of ‘expectant mothers’."The new guide split opinion in Twitter users online, with some insisting it was political correctness gone too far (a classic line in itself) while others agreed with the new precautionary measures being instilled to be more inclusive.
If you can’t call a pregnant woman an expectant mother, then what is the world coming to??
— David Adeola (@DavidAdeola) January 29, 2017
My wife does #yoga and the lady down the street is an #expectantmother. I am going to continue to say that. #rebel https://t.co/1HkZXAi6zr
— Eric Philipp (@eaphilipp) January 30, 2017
While the men seemed to be very angry altogether, women seemed to welcome the change of language...If you're going to be offended by the word 'mother', maybe don't conceive, carry & birth a baby then?? @TheBMA https://t.co/jBRuurADvq
— DaisyDaisyXX (@NaturalAllWoman) January 30, 2017
#The word "mother" is loaded and it's an identity that some people--cis women included--may not want thrust on them.
— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) January 30, 2017
Using "pregnant person" instead subtly forces focus on humanity of the pregnant person, rather than centring their identity round the foetus
— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) January 30, 2017
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