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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Men can’t get pregnant.

A woman is an adult human female.

These are controversial sayings now.[/quote]

If you already know that the pregnant person is female human, then why would saying "person" be a problem.   What information does "girl" or "woman" add?

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Then why would it bother you if you did say girl?  [/quote]

The person saying “person” is the OP’s daughter.  Some on this thread (like me) are hoping the pregnant person has all the help needed.  I mean wouldn’t that be what the average parent thinks?  Somehow it seems to bother people like you and OP that her daughter said “pregnant person” rather than “pregnant girl”.  In reverse, if the OP had come on the board and said her daughter had talked about the pregnant woman at school, nobody would have cared.  And the thread might have proceeded down the path of teen pregnancy.  The only people making a big deal out of this are you. [/quote]

It obviously bothers the op or they wouldn't have started it.  And I can assure you that I am not the only person who is bothered by it.  Tell me you are gen z without saying you are.  You are policing my word choice just because you can and I am not going to lie down and take it.[/quote]

Who is policing your word choice?  A girl says “pregnant person” to her mom.  Somehow you are being canceled by this? You and the OP are free to call the pregnant person a girl. [/quote]

You are being obtuse.  Npr is embracing pregnant people..people who menstate...this is how it starts.[/quote]

I truly don’t get your issue.  If there is a shift in the way that younger people are using language, why is this such a big deal for you.  Go ahead and say “pregnant girl” if you want.

A non political example.  My kid says “that’s sus”.  I suspect your kid might say it too.  Do you get stressed out about that too or just accept that your kids have a vernacular you don’t get?  In some ways, this is no different. [/quote]

This is bigger than just one generation use of slang.  Nobody is complaining about "that's sus" but, when your kid (who is a young adult) tells you that you are pressured to say pregnant person how is that good for society?  Not one person has said why a girl who is pregnant ( and I assume identifies as a girl) can't just be called that.  For as long as societies have been around and there have been loads of pregnant girls no one has made a big fuss and now it is "people who menstrate" "pregnant people"  The word man has not being diminished only girl/women.  Why is that?

Again, to all those who say "pregnant people" would you correct someone who said pregnant girl or would you say nothing.  Why does the word girl bother you so much?  When I ask this one question...no one ever answers but, they ask why I am bothered by it.[/quote]

I say pregnant person/people if I'm speaking generally or am not personally acquainted with the person in question's gender identity.  I would not correct someone else if they said "pregnant girl" because I don't go around correcting other people's speech patterns.  I have nothing against the word girl, or woman for that matter.  I identify as a woman (and am cis if that's relevant).

We haven't called pregnant teens "pregnant girls" for all that long though -- it used to "girls who got in trouble" or "in the family way" or a lot of ruder things.  Isn't it funny how language evolves?[/quote]

You are making life way too complicated.  I am assuming op and her dd were in their own home?  Now how would this person be offended if the dd said "there is a pregnant girl in my class" and the person they were talking about was not there?  Now if this person did not want to identify as a girl and she you used the wrong pronouns for her than yes that would be offensive.  But, saying hey there is a pregnant girl at my school should not cause people to fear being canceled.

And I very much doubt that if op's dd said this to her peers that they would be silent.[/quote]

[b]I think you’re confused. [/b] I never said I habitually used pregnant person because I was afraid of being canceled or worried about offending someone.  I use it because it is factually accurate and easy to say.  You and OP are assuming tons of people are offended by the phrase “pregnant girl” but all I see on this thread are people deeply offended by the phrase “pregnant person.”[/quote]

I think you are insulting.    Pregnant girl is accurate as well.

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