Additive language serves the purpose of erasing women. https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/the-problem-with-adding-more-ink Because it is often using clunky extra words, it can be confusing to understand, so rather than including the barely measurable outlier population, it excludes women who may not have the literacy to understand that they are included.
I’m so curious. Is this happening in men’s health too? Thinking of the article above on vaginal prolapse. Are there men’s health articles saying “people with prostates…”
It is absolutely not happening in men's health; this faux "inclusivity" is reserved for women's health only. There has never been a need to write a book entitled "Invisible Men", but here's a good one about women: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41104077-invisible-women
Additive language serves the purpose of erasing women. https://lucyleader.substack.com/p/the-problem-with-adding-more-ink Because it is often using clunky extra words, it can be confusing to understand, so rather than including the barely measurable outlier population, it excludes women who may not have the literacy to understand that they are included.
I’m so curious. Is this happening in men’s health too? Thinking of the article above on vaginal prolapse. Are there men’s health articles saying “people with prostates…”
It is absolutely not happening in men's health; this faux "inclusivity" is reserved for women's health only. There has never been a need to write a book entitled "Invisible Men", but here's a good one about women: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41104077-invisible-women