Todd_is_God Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, bennett said: Midwives have been told to say “chestfeeding” instead of “breastfeeding” and to replace the term “mother” with “mother or birthing parent” as part of moves to be more trans-friendly. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is the first in the country to formally implement a gender inclusive language policy for its maternity services department, which will now be known as “perinatal services Staff have been instructed that “breastmilk” should be replaced with the phrases “human milk”, “breast/chestmilk” or “milk from the feeding mother or parent”. Other changes include replacing the use of “woman” with “woman or person” and “father” with “parent”, “co-parent” or “second biological parent”, depending on the circumstances This has genuinely angered me. I'm all for inclusivity, and the use of gender neutral terms where required, but as a blanket policy it borders on ridiculous. There will be an incredibly small number of people that this would have offended. Where do we draw the line? Edited February 12, 2021 by Todd_is_God 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priti priti priti Patel Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I guess I am old and outdated because reading that statement by Charisma I am thinking "what's the problem?". We have all had absolute shitcunts as bosses. Weinstein got cancelled for being a serial rapist. This guy just sounds like a dick. She says he "weaponized my womanhood against me" but not everything is a Machiavellian scheme. Sometimes, people simply are just dicks. You cannae go around canceling people for being dicks, can you? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladdin Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Gina Carano also the latest to fall victim. Lost her spot on the Mandalorian for being a raging Trump supporter and all round batshit crazy conspiracy theorist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: What is nerd culture? It used to be just an interest in things like video games, Japanese animation, science fiction & fantasy...pretty much anything niche that people get a bit (or a lot) obsessive about, barring manly things that real manly men do, like drinking, sports, winching burds, etc. Since a lot of these things have become mainstream pop culture, it's developed an element of defensive protection of geeky interests from perceived outsiders, especially anybody who thinks that maybe sexualising all the female characters in everything is more than a little weird and creepy.. 2 minutes ago, Lofarl said: She also did a topless photoshoot and starred in a remake of Bound so I’m told. Not that I’ve seen any 04:02 length videos or anything. Thankfully, it doesn't look like it's a remake of the Wachowski's classic Bound, although I've just realised that's a quarter of a century old now and probably ripe for a remake jesus christ. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 45 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: What is nerd culture? Anything and everything that you like. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Just now, NotThePars said: Anything and everything that you like. Not cool, man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Margaret Thatcher said: I guess I am old and outdated because reading that statement by Charisma I am thinking "what's the problem?". We have all had absolute shitcunts as bosses. Weinstein got cancelled for being a serial rapist. This guy just sounds like a dick. She says he "weaponized my womanhood against me" but not everything is a Machiavellian scheme. Sometimes, people simply are just dicks. You cannae go around canceling people for being dicks, can you? She says he made her come into work whilst heavily pregnant at 1am as a retaliation for going down to reduced hours due to the pregnancy. Also, pulling a newly pregnant woman into your office and asking “are you keeping it?” is completely unacceptable and deserving of being shunned. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Aladdin said: Gina Carano also the latest to fall victim. Lost her spot on the Mandalorian for being a raging Trump supporter and all round batshit crazy conspiracy theorist. The final straw was announcing to the world that Trump supporters are being treated like the Jews in Nazi Germany. Not being herded into camps and executed; no, that would be batshit. She just meant that Trump supporters are being badmouthed in the same way as people slandered Jews before the physical assaults and genocide started, and that the Dems will be coming to do all that stuff soon. No biggie. What a fucking moron. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: She says he made her come into work whilst heavily pregnant at 1am as a retaliation for going down to reduced hours due to the pregnancy. Also, pulling a newly pregnant woman into your office and asking “are you keeping it?” is completely unacceptable and deserving of being shunned. I think it's cause he also self-consciously traded on his image as being a forward thinking feminist directly off the back of shows like Buffy. Turning out to be a pretty crass workplace bully that makes misogynistic comments towards the women on your show undermines that. ETA: Nothing but respect to Gina Carano throwing away literal bags of money because she couldn't stop posting. Edited February 12, 2021 by NotThePars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 10 minutes ago, Margaret Thatcher said: I guess I am old and outdated because reading that statement by Charisma I am thinking "what's the problem?". We have all had absolute shitcunts as bosses. Weinstein got cancelled for being a serial rapist. This guy just sounds like a dick. She says he "weaponized my womanhood against me" but not everything is a Machiavellian scheme. Sometimes, people simply are just dicks. You cannae go around canceling people for being dicks, can you? I'm OK with dicks being outed if it means that they have to watch their behaviour or find themselves overlooked for positions of responsibility. No idea why we should be protecting these people. But then, I have it on good authority that your former colleagues thought you were an absolute cow, your ladyship. Maybe work on the people skills, eh? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priti priti priti Patel Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, BFTD said: I'm OK with dicks being outed if it means that they have to watch their behaviour or find themselves overlooked for positions of responsibility. No idea why we should be protecting these people. But then, I have it on good authority that your former colleagues thought you were an absolute cow, your ladyship. Maybe work on the people skills, eh? Aye, of course, I am down with dicks being spoken about and avoided, but people like Weinstein are absolute irredeemable pariahs for doing unspeakable, inhuman acts, and I am not sure your standard issue dickhead should get spoken about with the same vicious reprobation. But I don't actually know who this guy is so maybe there's context I am missing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, Margaret Thatcher said: Aye, of course, I am down with dicks being spoken about and avoided, but people like Weinstein are absolute irredeemable pariahs for doing unspeakable, inhuman acts, and I am not sure your standard issue dickhead should get spoken about with the same vicious reprobation. But I don't actually know who this guy is so maybe there's context I am missing. Weinstein deserved, and got, worse. He's spending the rest of his life in the jail. Joss Whedon's just starting to have his former work colleagues reveal to the world who he is, now that most of them are deep enough into their careers that they don't have to give a shit about being blackballed anymore. Seems fair; he wouldn't be complaining if he'd treated them decently and they talked about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Margaret Thatcher said: I guess I am old and outdated because reading that statement by Charisma I am thinking "what's the problem?". We have all had absolute shitcunts as bosses. Weinstein got cancelled for being a serial rapist. This guy just sounds like a dick. She says he "weaponized my womanhood against me" but not everything is a Machiavellian scheme. Sometimes, people simply are just dicks. You cannae go around canceling people for being dicks, can you? I was wondering where the abuse was going to start. He does sound like a bullying twat (from hearing one side of the story) but that's trivialising the word "abuse" and doing a disservice to people who have suffered actual abuse. Maybe there's more to it, i don't know. Edited February 12, 2021 by coprolite Realised it says "accused" and that he abused his power. So my rant is aimed at something that no one said. What a cock. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Wilkos Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Re: the breast thing... I have a much simpler solution. Unless referring to a member of your own family's bosoms, simply refer to them as "Big Bouncing Norks" (BBNs, if preferred) or tittays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Gina Carano also the latest to fall victim. Lost her spot on the Mandalorian for being a raging Trump supporter and all round batshit crazy conspiracy theorist.Wid tho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Angusfifer said: Problem? Using the phrase midwives, surely it should be midpersons now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest_Fifer Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Using the phrase midwives, surely it should be midpersons now? Well, the word derives from Old English mid, "with," and wif, "woman," and so meant "with-woman," that is, the person who is with the woman (mother) at childbirth. So no, it shouldn't -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Well, the word derives from Old English mid, "with," and wif, "woman," and so meant "with-woman," that is, the person who is with the woman (mother) at childbirth. So no, it shouldn't I disagree. Bennett is right here.If the terms “breasts” or “breast feeding” are offensive or non inclusive to some people, so much so that some bright spark thought it was necessary to introduce these terms to our language - then why have they not gone a step further and changed midwife?I think it’s fucking ridiculous tbh. Why are things like this being introduced to appease a tiny group of oddballs who get offended by this stuff? I think it is very strange and I don’t get it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Certainly seem to be a number of folk offended on here 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 hour ago, bennett said: Using the phrase midwives, surely it should be midpersons now? Any questions on political correctness today should be directed to @superbigal. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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