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Women are less likely to become CEOs than men.

Isn't it important to be able for us to communicate what we mean by "women" and what we mean by "men" in that case?
Although I suppose if we conveniently say that "women" are no longer a category that can exist because it's just too inexact, we no longer have to worry about centuries of abuse and oppression and we have one fewer minority group. Hey, why don't we do that for ALL groups that have been oppressed and disadvantaged?[/quote]

Generally it's not relevant whether (for example) a woman has a uterus or not. You don't CEO with your uterus, or do science with your uterus. In cases where uterus-having is relevant, I'm fine with something like "people who have a uterus" or "uterus-havers" -- or even "women who have a uterus", although that would exclude men (i.e., transmen) who have a uterus.

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The existence of the uterus and it's function is the primary reason women have been oppressed and violated for centuries. Maybe having or not having a uterus doesn't have much to do with whether you are promoted to CEO, but the fact that women have them and their function has most certainly contributed to the fact that you might not get that promotion from a long view.

And I thought I was the only one but clearly one of those TERFs just showed up as well. [/quote]

The uterus has a lot to do with why there are fewer women in position like CEO than men. Men have used women's reproductive system as a way to systematically oppress women, through physical action like rape and forced child bearing, and also through social systems such as the concept of "hysteria" and women being too weak-minded to handle complicated things like reading, or voting, or thinking.[/quote]

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