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Originally posted by LoKoPaNdA
No one is saying it's not a women's issues, but it can also be an issue for trans men, nonbinary and genderqueer people and intersex people. It's not even about being offensive but about being inclusive. She is not even mad or anything when she explains it in the video
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like i said, the amount of those people that can get pregnant is about ~.5% of the general population. i have no idea how removing the focus on women on these issues for the purpose of that tiny fraction of the population is going to be remotely helpful. abortion is a woman's issue not just because of the ovaries, but because it has a lot to do with sexism and the attitude towards women in society. no, i don't think being "inclusive" outweighs focusing on the actual core of the issue.
and the more i think about it, including intersex people in this is idiotic. you do realize that calling intersex people with ovaries men contributes to the prevalence of having genders forced upon them, right? i don't understand why trans activists lump intersex people within their movement only when it's convenient to them without any consideration of how the issues of intersex people differ from their own. did this woman even get any input from actual intersex people? so much for being progressive.