Humanitarian agencies say women and menstruating people are also facing alarming rates of severe infections due to Israel's blockade of supplies and water.

Humanitarian agencies say women and menstruating people are also facing alarming rates of severe infections due to Israel’s blockade of supplies and water.

  • fosforus@sopuli.xyz
    820·
    10 months ago

    “women and menstruating people”

    Might be interesting to see the reaction of a gazan doctor when somebody says this phrase to him.

    • Kazevic@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      You’re not alone in this, those kinds of things are hilarious, but also alarming, lol

    • Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world
      22·
      10 months ago

      We get it, you’re Transphobic. Yay for you.

      Your right wing “virtue signaling” when discussing anything under the sun that dares to include trans and intersex people even a little bit is pretty gauche dude.

      • current@lemmy.ml
        36·
        10 months ago

        TIL those who go through menopause or have certain medical conditions aren’t women

        • HandBash@lemmy.world
          31·
          10 months ago

          Logically his point meant that people who menstrate are also women, not that people that don’t have menstruation are not women.

          I am confused how you got that take of a negative inference.

          • current@lemmy.ml
            1·
            10 months ago

            If you say “why did you say woman twice” in response to “woman and people who menstruate” you’re saying that being a woman means you menstruate AND vice versa. That’s implying a strict equality between women and those who menstruate, saying that you can’t have either without the other.

            “Logically” he’s saying woman ≡ menstruating person, while you’re confusing his comment for woman ⊇ menstruating person. In reality their conditions have no bearing on each other, so neither is right anyways.

          • Arcka@midwest.socialEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            Really? Which is X and which is Y in this situation?

            I don’t take issue with any implication, but find the sentence somewhat unclear because of the phrasing.

            Would the sentence have still been true if they had just written ‘people’? Wouldn’t a lack of access to clean water and other supplies needed for good hygiene increase infections for everyone?