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    1. ilona purola‏ @bekkhylle 5 Sep 2016
      Replying to @jessesingal

      and it is important to refer to that class when discussing things that pertain to it. But how is menstruation one of these?

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    2. ilona purola‏ @bekkhylle 5 Sep 2016
      Replying to @bekkhylle @jessesingal

      I'm not sure of my own thoughts on this, but this seems to be an argument based on the fact that 'women' is 'close enough'

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    3. Jesse Singal‏Verified account @jessesingal 5 Sep 2016
      Replying to @bekkhylle

      yeah, I think it's close enough. Like a zillion other political groupings w/far lower correlation

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    4. ilona purola‏ @bekkhylle 5 Sep 2016
      Replying to @jessesingal

      yeah, which makes things difficult for certain people who are demographically small enough to be smoothed away

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    5. Jesse Singal‏Verified account @jessesingal 5 Sep 2016
      Replying to @bekkhylle

      trans health care is a really important issue, but PP mentioning "women" doesn't make it harder for trans folks to access

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    6. ilona purola‏ @bekkhylle 5 Sep 2016
      Replying to @jessesingal

      I suspect the logic that lets one say that using 'women' doesn't affect trans access would also let one say that using

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    7. ilona purola‏ @bekkhylle 5 Sep 2016
      Replying to @bekkhylle @jessesingal

      'menstruators' doesn't affect people's access to the relevant care

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    8. ilona purola‏ @bekkhylle 5 Sep 2016
      Replying to @bekkhylle @jessesingal

      I open to it, but I don't see how one of those is benign and the other not

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    9. ilona purola‏ @bekkhylle 5 Sep 2016
      Replying to @bekkhylle @jessesingal

      and that it's the strictly speaking *inaccurate* one that's benign and the *accurate* one that is harmful

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    10. ilona purola‏ @bekkhylle 5 Sep 2016
      Replying to @bekkhylle @jessesingal

      tho on the other hand, I too sometimes intuit utility in not being accurate, but I dont know why I feel that

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      Jesse Singal‏Verified account @jessesingal 5 Sep 2016
      Replying to @bekkhylle

      my prob is with broader complaint about use of "women" -- saw this one thing as part of bigger trend

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        2. ilona purola‏ @bekkhylle 5 Sep 2016
          Replying to @jessesingal

          yeah, and I might be on board, or close to it when it comes to the political/rhetorical use of 'close enough'

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        3. ilona purola‏ @bekkhylle 5 Sep 2016
          Replying to @bekkhylle @jessesingal

          Though it seems that certain classes always have to put up with inaccurate labels, but not others

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