Humanitarian agencies say women and menstruating people are also facing alarming rates of severe infections due to Israel’s blockade of supplies and water.

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    6 months ago

    “women and menstruating people”

    Might be interesting to see the reaction of a gazan doctor when somebody says this phrase to him.

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      We get it, you’re Transphobic. Yay for you.

      Your right wing “virtue signaling” when discussing anything under the sun that dares to include trans and intersex people even a little bit is pretty gauche dude.

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        5 months ago

        TIL those who go through menopause or have certain medical conditions aren’t women

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          Logically his point meant that people who menstrate are also women, not that people that don’t have menstruation are not women.

          I am confused how you got that take of a negative inference.

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            If you say “why did you say woman twice” in response to “woman and people who menstruate” you’re saying that being a woman means you menstruate AND vice versa. That’s implying a strict equality between women and those who menstruate, saying that you can’t have either without the other.

            “Logically” he’s saying woman ≡ menstruating person, while you’re confusing his comment for woman ⊇ menstruating person. In reality their conditions have no bearing on each other, so neither is right anyways.

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            Really? Which is X and which is Y in this situation?

            I don’t take issue with any implication, but find the sentence somewhat unclear because of the phrasing.

            Would the sentence have still been true if they had just written ‘people’? Wouldn’t a lack of access to clean water and other supplies needed for good hygiene increase infections for everyone?