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Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by socialismisok on Saturday November 19, 2022 @04:26PM (#33674915)
They are people. Even in small numbers, they are important.

Hell, nearly every atom in the universe is hydrogen and helium, does that make carbon, oxygen, iron, etc statistical outliers we shouldn't account for? Of course not. Our science and language accounts for even marginal percentages, why would it be any different when talking about people?

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Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by ClassyJacket on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:04PM (#33675275)
By your logic, since oxygen exists, that means helium can identify as hydrogen.
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Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by snoozing on Sunday November 20, 2022 @02:17AM (#33679019)
Of course they are important.

But do they hold more weight to rename how the 99.9% of the population is referred to?

it’s the latter that frustrates people IMO. I think if people focused on simple acceptance of themselves instead of trying to rewrite the social fabric, it would help.

Also, even though Hydrogen and Helium are by far the most common elements, oxygen is still a different element.

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