also like, birthing person sounds weird to everyone, but when academic and medical journals use it it's because not every birthing person is a mother and sometimes accuracy is more important than natural language
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That term is ubiquitous in political, advocacy, and healthcare settings - not just in academic journals - and it is extremely alienating to many women. Planned Parenthood basically stopped using the word "women" altogether a few years ago. It's ridiculous.
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This gets lost! Medical journals use it. Some doctors doing education posts on social media use it. I had a baby last year and nobody ever referred to me as a "birthing person" - mostly in clinical settings my providers were using MY NAME, because that's how you talk to people
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Yes. And even for mothers, sometimes it’d be useful to refer to a very specific part of motherhood. Mother captures a very wide range of experiences and you’re not discussing every part all at once.
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