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Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by kurtreed on Saturday November 19, 2022 @05:52PM (#33675755)
> Using language that includes a group isn't a cost that is born by those not in the group.

Often it is. Simply changing from familiar terms to artificial terms is a cost.

Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by joe_the_user on Saturday November 19, 2022 @06:32PM (#33676154)
My point is that inclusion isn't like a check written out to an excluded group. Inclusion benefits society by making things run more smoothly, it benefits various bureaucracy since the bureaucracies can deal with more people and so-forth.

And the cost is a small amount of understandability, yes. But even that isn't necessary paid by those outside the exclude group.

Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by kurtreed on Monday November 21, 2022 @03:28PM (#33697490)
> Inclusion benefits society by making things run more smoothly

Big claim, little justification

Re:The erasure of women from online pregnancy literature by vkou on Saturday November 19, 2022 @06:06PM (#33675882)
All of language is artificial.