It’s OK to Say ‘Woman’ Again by Kaylee McGhee White – Re: AP Stylebook

It’s OK to Say ‘Woman’ Again by Kaylee McGhee White – Re: AP Stylebook

(Link): The AP stylebook is out here butchering the English language again in the name of wokeness

(Link): It’s OK to say ‘woman’ again

August 18, 2022

… The Associated Press Stylebook, widely used by most media outlets in the country, updated its guidance this week to say it is “acceptable” to use the phrases “pregnant women” or “women seeking abortions.”

Considering women are the only people in the world capable of conceiving and bearing children and are thus the only people in the world who would be seeking abortions for themselves, it’s a wonder this language was considered unacceptable in the first place.

Harvard Calls Women ‘Birthing People’ Because ‘Not All Who Give Birth’ Are Women

Harvard Calls Women ‘Birthing People’ Because ‘Not All Who Give Birth’ Are Women

(Link): Harvard Calls Women ‘Birthing People’ Because ‘Not All Who Give Birth’ Are Women

by Benjamin Zeisloft
December 26, 2020

A Harvard Medical School department Twitter account referred to women using the term “birthing people” in a tweet.

To advertise a panel about “maternal justice,” the Harvard Med Postgraduate and Continuing Education account tweeted that “globally, ethnic minority pregnant and birthing people suffer worse outcomes and experiences during and after pregnancy and childbirth.”