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Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by misnome on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:43PM (#33675652)
> Only women give birth

Right, so, by your definition, most women over 50, and women incapable of having a child, are actually men?

Or just perhaps there is a more complicated nuance here…

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Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by slibhb on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:58PM (#33675804)
Saying "only women give birth" is not the same as saying "if you can't give birth you aren't a woman".
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Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by rofrol on Saturday November 19, 2022 @06:03PM (#33675857)
only woman means no men give birth.

it does not imply there are no woman who can't give birth.

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Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by 8note on Saturday November 19, 2022 @06:28PM (#33676122)
Which on the face of it is not true -- trans men can give birth, and aren't women

The sense I get from the article is definitely that she thinks people who can't give birth are unworthy of the title "woman" and that follows with the comments about menstruation at the bottom. Aka, if somebody hasn't bled through their shorts in gym class, they are not a woman

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Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by perryizgr8 on Saturday November 19, 2022 @09:04PM (#33677330)
> Which on the face of it is not true -- trans men can give birth, and aren't women

I think you're missing the point.

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