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By the same token, Midler is wrong to imply that the word “woman” has been somehow banned. The activist demand here is that when referring to the entire population of people capable of pregnancy, people should use inclusive words. But when referring to specific individuals or groups who identify as women, doing so is fine.
While Paul and Midler equate trans activists to right-wing misogynists, Planned Parenthood is not cutting back its reproductive services for women out of some deference to trans people. Conservatives are forcing it to do that.What trans people want, like any of us want, is to be treated with full human dignity. Trans people want access to health care, to have their identity respected by the rest of society, and above all to not be hurt or killed.
Indeed, if there is a threat to women’s rights in this discussion, it is in transphobia itself. Lurking in the subtext of Paul’s article is an ugly undercurrent: She complained that “to propose any space just for biological women in situations where the presence of males can be threatening or unfair — rape crisis centers, domestic abuse shelters, competitive sports — is currently viewed by some as exclusionary.
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