The latest in Ways to Erase Women:
@GPEWAimee Do you realise the term "non-male" is woman-exclusionary? Women do not define ourselves in relation to men #checkyourlanguage
— Rosemary Goude (@greengoude) March 29, 2016
There are no women any more, only non-males. There are still men though, of course. That’s not going to change. [laughs merrily at the very idea]
Young Greens Women (ooh they’d better change that title pretty fast) came up with a response:
Thanks to those who have offered constructive thoughts on the language we use! We currently use 'non-male' because this is inclusive of…
— Young Greens Women (@ygwomen) March 31, 2016
…other non-binary genders which have a place in our group. However we understand why people may have issues with language that defines…
— Young Greens Women (@ygwomen) March 31, 2016
…us in relation to men. We are currently discussing within the group if we can/should change the language we are using. Rest assured…
— Young Greens Women (@ygwomen) March 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/ygwomen/status/715502640071905280
Except of women. There’s no need to be inclusive of women, because women sit at the top of the cis privilege tree, gobbling up all the resources and respect and power. The only way to practice truly completely purely correct intersectional feminism is to delete the word “women” from your vocabulary.