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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Becoming a mom made me feel differently about the difference between men and women. I used to have more progressive attitudes about it, and in many ways I still do -- I think people should be allowed to express gender however they want, I don't care how people dress or present themselves. But I feel more connected to womanhood having gone through pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding. I know it's unpopular to say that. I don't think women have to become moms and I'm not anti-trans. But I can only speak for myself here. Going through that made me feel like my womanhood is an essential part of who I am in a way I didn't before. And it also made me feel connected to other women due to our shared biology in a way I didn't used to. Not just other mothers but anyone who shares my reproductive anatomy. So yes, that would mean I feel more connected to trans men than trans women.

Only sharing this here because it's anonymous. I feel like if I say this anywhere else, I'll get labeled anti-trans or MAGA (very much not). But it's how I really feel.[/quote]

A lot of people object to the term "pregnant people" because "men can't get pregnant." I agree with that, it seems silly to identify as a man but at the same time be pregnant--if you are having a kid, you're doing something fundamentally female. But there are biological women who identify as they, gender neutral, non-binary, etc., who for whatever reason (probably all of the same reasons as women) get pregnant. [i]They [/i]are the people who are covered by the term "pregnant people" because they don't identify as "women." So the term doesn't bother me because I don't think its accomodating men who are getting pregnant, as much as the right wing bloggers might like to hype up one or two cases. I think its actually a gracious way to acknowledge that there are a lot of people who are becoming parents while not strongly identifying as female, and its not hard to refer to them as "people" and "parents". [/quote]

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