You’d never know that New Zealand recently passed the Plain Language Act, if the Ministry of Health’s message about “pregnant people” is any indication.
Only women have the capacity to, sorry, bleed, breed and feed, even though this capacity lasts only a third of our lives. Most if not all women bleed, most go on to breed, most of these go on to feed. If you do not nor have never had this capacity, you are NOT a woman, and no amount of strident shrieking or repetition will alter this.
A cat is not a dog, in spite of continual "yelly" insistence that it is. All you will end up with is an unhappy cat. I predict many law-suits in the future over transitioning and detransitioning.
"No scrotum-toters in women's quarters (safe male-free spaces) or quotas" (statistics).
Sadly, the phrase 'ignorant academic' is far from being an oxymoron, but rather verbal redundancy reminiscent of Mark Twain's: “Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
Academic credentials which used to mean something have been devalued by the packing of universities with students who have left school without basic literacy skills, and the flight or cancellation of faculty with any scholastic integrity.
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I am deeply concerned by the lack of inclusiveness in Te Whatu Ora's message. The word "person" has the dictionary definition of "a human being regarded as an individual" and so is speciesist, exclusionary of those entities who (hope that is the right pronoun) self identify either as members of non-human species or as composite organisms.
Dimorphism in opposition to sensible science in relation to biological reality. Too complex ...and in a milieu of metaphors and semantics...for Te W O!
It gets worse... The MoH National Breastfeeding Strategy talks about "families", "whanau" and "people", with nary a mother, let alone a woman in sight. The NZ Midwifery Council scope of practice document if read by aliens, would not reveal that this is supposed to be about midwives helping women birth and supporting them into motherhood. Because there aren't any women in that either. The Ministry for Women should be renamed the "Ministry for People" because the Minister has stated that she works for everyone who identifies as a woman. I wonder if this will get extra funding once self ID kicks in and the number of women living in NZ suddenly increases?
And if you "have to figure it out", how can it be claimed to be Plain English?
The number of "women" won't be the only statistic to rise - the number of "women" who are guilty of having committed crimes such as rape and paedophilia will likely rise out of all proportion also. How very handy for the MRAs who have advocated for the monomaniacal adoption of trans ideology in law and society writ large!
Do you suppose that the language to describe the human experience of women and girls has been disappeared in order to most benefit trans-identifying men or trans-identifying women?
My initial thoughts are that the TIMs are the biggest pushers to change the language, but the TIFs won't be far behind them as they increase in numbers.
Only women have the capacity to, sorry, bleed, breed and feed, even though this capacity lasts only a third of our lives. Most if not all women bleed, most go on to breed, most of these go on to feed. If you do not nor have never had this capacity, you are NOT a woman, and no amount of strident shrieking or repetition will alter this.
A cat is not a dog, in spite of continual "yelly" insistence that it is. All you will end up with is an unhappy cat. I predict many law-suits in the future over transitioning and detransitioning.
"No scrotum-toters in women's quarters (safe male-free spaces) or quotas" (statistics).
Sadly, the phrase 'ignorant academic' is far from being an oxymoron, but rather verbal redundancy reminiscent of Mark Twain's: “Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
Academic credentials which used to mean something have been devalued by the packing of universities with students who have left school without basic literacy skills, and the flight or cancellation of faculty with any scholastic integrity.
And Bonhoeffer warned that the stupid are the real danger, as evil can be fought...but stupid ignore facts/ reality.
I am deeply concerned by the lack of inclusiveness in Te Whatu Ora's message. The word "person" has the dictionary definition of "a human being regarded as an individual" and so is speciesist, exclusionary of those entities who (hope that is the right pronoun) self identify either as members of non-human species or as composite organisms.
Lol! I think I understood that :-)
Dimorphism in opposition to sensible science in relation to biological reality. Too complex ...and in a milieu of metaphors and semantics...for Te W O!
That one took a few readings to get even an inkling of it :-)
It gets worse... The MoH National Breastfeeding Strategy talks about "families", "whanau" and "people", with nary a mother, let alone a woman in sight. The NZ Midwifery Council scope of practice document if read by aliens, would not reveal that this is supposed to be about midwives helping women birth and supporting them into motherhood. Because there aren't any women in that either. The Ministry for Women should be renamed the "Ministry for People" because the Minister has stated that she works for everyone who identifies as a woman. I wonder if this will get extra funding once self ID kicks in and the number of women living in NZ suddenly increases?
And if you "have to figure it out", how can it be claimed to be Plain English?
I wonder when someone in the Ministry of Truth will realise that the word 'midwife' comes from the Anglo-Saxon for "with woman"?
Can anyone work in the Ministry of Truth, and does the truth have to be true, or just what we say is true?
To ask such a question convicts you of doubleungoodthink, an unperson.
Lol!!
The number of "women" won't be the only statistic to rise - the number of "women" who are guilty of having committed crimes such as rape and paedophilia will likely rise out of all proportion also. How very handy for the MRAs who have advocated for the monomaniacal adoption of trans ideology in law and society writ large!
La Leche League NZ is obliged to follow these policies from LLLI: https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/leaked-document-reveals-inclusive
https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/leaked-document-reveals-inclusive-2d9
It's just insane!
Do you suppose that the language to describe the human experience of women and girls has been disappeared in order to most benefit trans-identifying men or trans-identifying women?
My initial thoughts are that the TIMs are the biggest pushers to change the language, but the TIFs won't be far behind them as they increase in numbers.