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Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by slibhb on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:51PM (#33675741)
I don't believe changing how we talk will help trans people suffer less. But even if it did, I think it's a bad idea to constantly modulate our use of language based on the small probability of offending a small part of the population. And I believe that if you take that view to its end, you'll arrive at a tortured, humorless, jargon-filled newspeak.
Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by red_trumpet on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:57PM (#33675803)
> I don't believe changing how we talk will help trans people suffer less.

Why don't you believe trans people when they ask you to do this? Apparently you think that you know better than trans people themselves, what will make them suffer. Just for the record (because you asked above): This is exactly what I consider problematic.

Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by slibhb on Saturday November 19, 2022 @06:10PM (#33675933)
No trans person has ever asked me to change how I speak. It seems unlikely that trans people as a group would feel better if everyone changed how they speak. I don't believe gender dysphoria works that way.