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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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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Replying to @bekkhylle
yeah, I think it's close enough. Like a zillion other political groupings w/far lower correlation
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Replying to @jessesingal
yeah, which makes things difficult for certain people who are demographically small enough to be smoothed away
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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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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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Replying to @bekkhylle @jessesingal
'menstruators' doesn't affect people's access to the relevant care
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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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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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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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my prob is with broader complaint about use of "women" -- saw this one thing as part of bigger trend
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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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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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