Stop Pandering To The Woke Minority.

[hobinfoot 25]

What the hell  is going on with the NHS ? They have removed the word woman from advice about womb and ovarian cancer. It’s time to stop pandering to the woke minority.

[HeHasRisen 3,403]

Erm, no they havent

 

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ovarian-cancer/causes/

 

Clearly says woman on there.

[cgksheff 44]

1 hour ago, HeHasRisen said:

Erm, no they havent

 

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ovarian-cancer/causes/

 

Clearly says woman on there.

Clearly doesn't!

[alarmingmark 32]

Clearly does 

Anyone with ovaries can get ovarian cancer. This includes women, trans men, non-binary people and intersex people with ovaries.

[MJ01 439]

1 hour ago, hobinfoot said:

What the hell  is going on with the NHS ? They have removed the word woman from advice about womb and ovarian cancer. It’s time to stop pandering to the woke minority.

Maybe you'd be better off looking at the Opticians leaflet - just a thought

[HeHasRisen 3,403]

21 minutes ago, cgksheff said:

Clearly doesn't!

Erm, yes it does!

[melthebell 863]

technically it says WOMEN lol

[Guest]

The issue is that the word 'women' has been removed from the front page to the third page of that series, when it used to be in the first sentence.

 

It's obviously important to be sensitive and inclusive in medical communication but it's absolutely vital that it be crystal clear when communicating information about life-threatening conditions.  De-emphasising the word 'woman' adds a layer of opacity when clarity is essential.

 

Link to an article in The Times here about the importance of sexed terms in medical communication:

 

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Dr Karleen Gribble of Western Sydney University, lead author of a recent review on the importance of sexed language in birth and childcare, said: “I think that the changes to desex language are well intentioned, but we are seeing that they are making communications less clear and when it comes to critical health issues that has great potential to place the health and wellbeing of individuals at risk.”

 

While NHS web pages do refer to women under subheadings, Gribble said it was important to signal the target audience at the outset when communicating about people’s health. “The very first thing needs to be who does this apply to - who needs to listen to the rest of this?” she said. “Then you can give them information.”

 

The article includes a link to this review article about sexed language in medical communication and its importance to female reproductive health.

 

Eg:

 

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Avoiding sexed terminology in relation to female reproduction works against the plain language principle of health communication and risks reducing inclusivity for vulnerable groups by making communications more difficult to understand. Those who are young, with low literacy or education, with an intellectual disability, from conservative religious backgrounds, or being communicated to in their non-native language are at increased risk of misunderstanding desexed language. However, even women with high levels of education may not be familiar with female reproductive processes and terms of female anatomy and physiology and so may not understand some desexed terms

 

[hackey lad 3,976]

Do men have ovaries ?  

[Guest sibon]

4 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

Do men have ovaries ?  

A few do, yes.

[hackey lad 3,976]

43 minutes ago, sibon said:

A few do, yes.

Please tell me more 

[Guest sibon]

47 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

Please tell me more 

Start here

 

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/differences-in-sex-development/

 

But it is a complicated story