As a left wing liberal, genderqueer, bisexual, girl of colour, I absolutely HATE the term ābirthing peopleā. It's so dehumanising and disgusting. I get that you want to be inclusive but do you have any idea what a weapon it is in the hands of misogynists? It's a fucking loaded gun aimed right at anyone who can give birth. We can't just boil down all the complexities of being a parent or a mother or a person who has children, to just giving birth. What about those who adopted?
It implies that women, not just women, trans and non-binary folk are vessels for giving birth. There is NOTHING wrong with the term āMotherā or āParentā.
We have fought for CENTURIES trying to achieve equality. To make people understand that those who can give birth are more than their ability to give birth. That we are more than just tools of reproduction and this term undos all of that.
If y'all wanna be inclusive, then please come up with something OTHER than ābirthing peopleā. Surely we can come up with something? I mean we're the same species that came up with the word āGargantuanā
