The Times- Failing to use the word 'woman' puts lives at risk

Failing to use the word 'woman' puts lives at risk 
October 16th 2021

"Upon the controversial advice of the charity Stonewall, the Scottish government is obliterating the words “woman” or “mother” in its literature in order to please the transgender lobby.

Maternity leave policies no longer speak of mothers, but of “employees having a baby”, and recent public health information urged “people with a cervix” to go for smear tests — despite the fact almost half of women are unfamiliar with the word cervix and uptake of tests has been dropping.

Wholly in agreement with the campaign group For Women Scotland that the best way to deal with such idiocy is in kind, I did what they suggested: emailed my MSP. Please advise me, I said. I don’t know if I’ve got a cervix.

The reply came not from Evelyn Tweed, a SNP MSP, but her office manager Scott. Poor bloke, I bet he took the job never expecting to discuss women’s bits. He advised me to write to my GP, kindly offering to do so on my behalf if necessary. (The mind boggles: “Dear Dr, last time you looked, did this person possess a cervix?”)

I thanked him, said I wouldn’t dream of wasting NHS resources, but I’d like to ask Evelyn Tweed if she agreed oblique language could confuse women and put lives at risk; and whether she realised the denial of women’s biological reality, our erasure from public life, would alienate her undecided female voters.
The long-suffering Scott replied, failing to use the word woman or answer either question. He reiterated that “everyone with a cervix” should get a smear. Gosh it must be hard work, defending the indefensible. Maybe it’s why his female boss chose not to answer herself.

Roll on Person Who Gave Birth To Me’s Day on March 27. Failing to use the word 'woman' puts lives at risk

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