There's a clever little trick behind the outrage over "chestfeeding" as a suggested alternative (not replacement) to breastfeeding, and the reason it works is, once again, say it with me: TRANSMASCULINE INVISIBILITY.
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No, no one is implementing this language as the status quo. You've been misinformed by sensationalist anti-trans media. They're using it as an example of alternative language that trans men (and nonbinary people) who are pregnant might prefer. You intentionally were misled.
Then they need therapy and a science lesson. Breasts are a gender neutral term to reference solely to the area around the nipples of primates, which we as humans stem from. Cis men have breasts and thus can get breast cancer. 1/
It would absolutely be outrageous if doctors and nurses working with pregnant women would no longer be able to use "breastfeeding". But it is not the case. It's a preposterous lie intentionally told to you to get you to hate trans people. Look it up, if you don't believe me.
