Will the word “woman” one day be erased from the vocabulary in favor of
“person who has a uterus”
or
“person who has her period”
?
The war of words is raging among women's rights activists.
For several years, the question of the place of trans people in feminist demands has been divided, giving rise to sometimes very violent exchanges.
In order not to exclude transgender women, born with male sexual organs, a new semantics has emerged and is taking a growing place in the debates.
The
“trans lexicon”
, put online by Family Planning in 2020, is a perfect illustration of this.
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The sex?
An
"assignment"
made at birth by doctors, according to the Feminist Movement and Popular Education.
The adjectives
"masculine"
and
"feminine"
? Too much in line with
"gender stereotypes",
here they are classified in the category of terms
"not to be used"
.
“Ask yourself beforehand if their use will not be experienced as a judgment”
, recommends…
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