Thread by @KaderAriz

I found the account @ErasingWomen recently and I was stunned both that it existed and the extent of the issue it is covering.

The account is dedicated to highlighting the corporate erasure of the term "women", instead replaced by anatomical or fad terms.

As a man, I don't really find my male identity being targeted a lot. No one has ever referred to me as a "testicle haver" or "penis owner" or other mildly amusing terms and expecting me to accept these new terms out of a sense of solidarity with someone who is offended by "man".

On the other hand, women do seem to be battling with their identity bot being apparent but open to debate. They can, in all seriousness, be called "vulva people" or "ovary havers" or even "birthers" in even governmental service announcements.

Regardless of the "terf" stuff some people like to throw around when classical feminist issues are raised today, the feminist in me feels appalled at the lack of protection for women's identities in the most basic sense of what makes women women.

I know this isn't a popular post for me to make and doubtless even raising a concern for women's rights is enough to be labelled by men's rights dudes or woke-higher-than-thou's, but the more I notice women's erasure, the more upset I get.