But its not for just an individual. The current instance is an entire NHS Trust implementing this language as the status quo. It'd be like someone demanding we call it titfeeding because they find breasts offensive.
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You can read the whole language guideline here, which were approved by the hospital’s board on December 20 and have been unchanged since then. Read this and then explain how the aggregated news reports were accurate, please. https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/maternity/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/01/Gender-inclusive-language-in-perinatal-services.pdf …
Literally page 2: “The vast majority of midwifery service users are women and we already have language in place they are comfortable with. This is not changing and we will continue to call them pregnant women and talk about breast feeding.”pic.twitter.com/iiS94OnXl3
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I mean if you're feeling lazy you don't even need to read their detailed guidance. You could just look at the (4th) image when they tweeted - explaining how the language is additive. The word 'additive' is highlighted in orange to make it even easier!https://twitter.com/BSUH_maternity/status/1359085197170511873?s=20 …
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and there's the BBC reporting which did seem to be significantly more factual than others (which mostly consisted of not reading what the trust was saying, then spewing out some absolute rubbish about it).pic.twitter.com/DKTpaxwJZR
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