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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by apocolyps6 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:02PM (#27611058)
Do you think that "labeling" black women as women is similarly lossy? Or female cancer survivors to pick another example
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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by pchristensen on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:12PM (#27611172)
I think for those two examples you listed, the modifier is orthogonal. While "black" or "cancer survivor" tell me more about them as a person, they don't help understand gender/sex. Gender and sex, or the residency words I listed, provide different information about the same attribute.

Saying someone is a cancer surviving resident doesn't add anything to my knowledge of their medical history or which laws apply to them, but resident vs ex-pat tells me a lot.

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Re:A backlash against gender ideology is starting in univers... by likeclockwork on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:04PM (#27613041)
Where do you think black babies come from? Do you not think black people are human?
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