We decided to take out the word “women”
Oh has it indeed.
What could be more “inclusive” than removing women from everything?
From the (sorry) Daily Mail article:
A gynaecological health charity has taken the step to remove ‘women’ from its brand name in a bid to be more inclusive of transgender men and non-binary people and ‘create an awareness of barriers for others’.
Because it’s women, you see. Women are not allowed to create awareness of barriers for women: that would be selfish and unwomanly, because women are required to put others first at all times.
Cysters in Birmingham has chosen to ‘cultivate a community that is supportive’ by changing its registered name from ‘Cysters – Women’s Support and Awareness Group’ to ‘Cysters’.
Nice name; it sounds like an oozing infection.
The non-profit organisation, which was created by its founder Neelam Heera in 2015 to help tackle issues around reproductive help, hopes the move will allow people with different gender identities feel more included.
While women feel less included. Cool.
Founder Neelam Heera explained that the charity aimed to strip away the barriers that trans and non-binary people were left facing when it came to being able to access support for chronic reproductive illnesses.
As opposed to the barriers women face.
Heera performed the usual Twitter ritual, telling “transphobes” to shut up and take it.
An anonymous non-binary person welcomed the change after struggling with a diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome and endometriosis since they were 23.
The 25-year-old said: ‘Ever since I got diagnosed with PCOS and Endo, I have searched for a space that is not branded with the colour pink, solely about fertility, and labelled both diseases as a ‘womans issue’.
I hate the whole women=pink thing myself, but I also don’t recall seeing much of it in medical settings. Is it really so obtrusive that it necessitates restructuring everything to omit women?
‘Trans men and non-binary people already struggle in silence with so many issues, our reproductive health should not be another door shut to us.
But the door isn’t shut. Not being mentioned by a chosen label is not the same thing as a closed door.
‘Cysters was the first place that I saw a post that used the words ‘anyone who gets a period’. It meant the world to me to have the same information presented in a more gender neutral way.
‘It was so welcoming, and I finally felt included in a conversation about my own health and my own pain, without feeling dysphoric, or like I was reading information for someone else.
“Finally, some recognition for my precious narcissism.”
However not everyone was supportive of the move and BBC journalist Cath Leng tweeted: ‘You’ve erased women here.’
Women should do their own self-erasing, yeah?
And if not being mentioned does shut the door to a group, then it should be mentioned that Cysters no longer mentions women.
Yeah, so have most women. Wowee.
You clearly don’t get it, Ophelia. The word “woman” is pink.
Jesusonafuckingoperating table.
Symbolism is not evidence.
My stepdaughter suffers enormously from Endo. Her partner has just dropped their daughter here again today so she can take her to hospital for an interminable wait for pain relief. She is looked on as a drug seeker, not a woman in agony.
She doesn’t care what fucking colours the walls are, she cares about getting pain relief so she can survive the next 12 months while she waits for a hysterectomy. She has had to fight and fight for a hysterectomy, constantly being told that 31 is too young, she may want more children. I’ll ask her next time I see her, but I doubt she’ll be able to tell me the colour of the walls each time she has been to see a gyno.
If all you’ve got to worry about is the colour of a wall, your only problems are in your own fucking head.
Hi. Biologist here. Just wanted to let you know that, if you have ovary problems and endometriosis, you are female. Pure and simple. These are actually women’s issues, whether you happen to like it or not, no matter what your special self calls your special self. Biological functions do not recognize “gender identity”. They are a brute fact of nature.
Just like the time I was reading about the ‘miracle’ of a man giving birth – said ‘man’ had a uterus, ovaries, and xx chromosomes. Said ‘man’ was born a woman, and is still a woman. That is no goddamn miracle, that is just narcissistic preening at its most extreme.
Ugh, god, Roj, that’s horrific. Synpathies all around.
I have no idea what these people will do once one of them learns Greek.
Will all OB/GYNs have to change their title so they don’t offend anyone by having “woman” in their title?
Thanks, OB @ #5.
She’s home now, with pain relief for another few days, but that is more missed time at work. Her wife only works school hours, so at this time of the year, that’s 6 weeks without her income. Jo is fortunate her employer understands, but eventually, their patience will wear thin. Seen it before.
On a different note, I think I have worked out why TRA’s = MRAs.
It takes 100 women to organise a march.
It takes 10,000 women marching to get the politicians to say “mmm, you might have a point”.
It takes 100, 000 women marching for the politicians to say “OK, we’ll look into that”.
It takes 1,000,000 women marching for the politicians to say “: OK, you’re right’ Here’s 5% of what you need.”
But it takes just one “Cock in a frock” to unwind decades of women’s gains.
Isn’t that more ebil cis privilege? Shouldn’t that say ‘anyone who SAYS they FEEL they get a period?’