The worst thing is that Starmer will inevitably adopt this as a “common sense” proposal to avoid being wedged/looking like some kind of Corbynite leftist.
I'm about to ask an incredibly stupid question here but...what are female wards? Are, say, hospital floors divided by gender in your country? I am unfamiliar with doing that as a concept. I suppose the only sex/gender specific area of a hospital I know of is the labor and delivery department but it's because it involves people with a uterus delivering a baby.
I already mentioned that. You wouldn't see anyone banning people from those wards. It's literally just for people with a uterus, no matter the gender. So it doesn't make sense to say transgender women would be banned from the maternity ward. If a person is having a baby then they are having a baby. I am trying to understand the comment that I replied to.
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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 8 pts · 2y
The worst thing is that Starmer will inevitably adopt this as a “common sense” proposal to avoid being wedged/looking like some kind of Corbynite leftist.
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
In healthcare it's perfectly reasonable to use sex-specific language. There's sex-specific care, after all.
hellfire103@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 2y
Yes, but sex and gender are different things. Our government is planning to ban transgender women from female wards, for example.
dingus@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
I'm about to ask an incredibly stupid question here but...what are female wards? Are, say, hospital floors divided by gender in your country? I am unfamiliar with doing that as a concept. I suppose the only sex/gender specific area of a hospital I know of is the labor and delivery department but it's because it involves people with a uterus delivering a baby.
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
OB/GYN, maternity ward.
dingus@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
I already mentioned that. You wouldn't see anyone banning people from those wards. It's literally just for people with a uterus, no matter the gender. So it doesn't make sense to say transgender women would be banned from the maternity ward. If a person is having a baby then they are having a baby. I am trying to understand the comment that I replied to.
Makiterr@iusearchlinux.fyi · 1 pts · 2y
I'm only aware of care for specific bodily functions or behavior, none that is actually tied to sex.
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
This is a pretty smoothbrained take