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take the phrase ‘women menstruate.’ do women menstruate? do ALL women menstruate? do ONLY women menstruate? no. so, how about ‘people with uteruses’? do people with uteruses menstruate? do ALL people with uteruses menstruate? do only people with uteruses menstruate? (that last one might be sort of tricky so i’ll provide an answer--people without uteruses who have estrogen-dominant systems actually can have a menstrual cycle and experience many of the same effects that estrogen-dominant people with a uterus experience!)

if you’re talking about something related to menstruation, you’re going to want to use the phrase ‘people who menstruate.’ because there are cis women who don’t menstruate, there are trans men who menstruate, there are people without uteruses who menstruate.... etc etc. but using the phrase ‘people who menstruate’ removes all ambiguity there. people who menstruate, menstruate. it’s a tautology. it’s true.