{"id":849588,"date":"2021-10-05T16:14:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T20:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=849588"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T20:14:29","slug":"how-the-washington-post-is-erasing-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-washington-post-is-erasing-women\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Washington Post Is Erasing Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-the-washington-post-is-erasing-women%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=849588&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1287023975-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A leader on the staff of The Washington Post leaked the section of its new stylebook, which encourages writers \u201cto explain that transgender and nonbinary people can also become pregnant,\u201d and to introduce gender-neutral phrases like \u201cpregnant individuals\u201d in place of the use of \u201cpregnant women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other acceptable substitutes for the female gender, according to the Post, include \u201cthe pregnant population\u201d and \u201cpregnant patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile biology dictates who can become pregnant, it does not always reflect gender identity,\u201d according to the guidance of the Post, one of the most influential newspapers in the country. \u201cIf we say <em>pregnant<\/em> women, we exclude those who are transgender and nonbinary\u201d (emphasis in original).<\/p>\n<p>Travis Lyles, who leads the Post\u2019s Instagram team, tweeted a picture of the new, \u201cnuanced\u201d guidelines last Friday. Although Lyles made his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/travislylesnews\/status\/1443984520701779973\">original Twitter post<\/a> private after it attracted media attention, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-post-pregnant-individuals-style-guide-change\">according<\/a> to Luke Gentile at The Washington Examiner, screenshots of the original post <a href=\"https:\/\/mediadc.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/ff55444\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1288x1094+0+0\/resize\/1288x1094!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediadc-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2d%2F78%2Fa74438914acebc95c2cdd9e6f402%2Fscreen-shot-2021-10-01-at-4.24.29%20PM.png\">remain online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than instituting a consistent usage or select one given neologism, the Post\u2019s editorial team firmly instituted an <a href=\"http:\/\/therightswriter.com\/2014\/09\/stop-kyriarchy-radical-feminists-admit-they-are-fighting-god\/\">intersectional<\/a> approach that determines word choice on a case-by-case basis. The newly adopted stylebook instructs reporters to \u201clook at the context in which we are discussing pregnancy\u201d and&nbsp;\u201ctry to be nuanced and thoughtful in our language, striving to be as inclusive as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are dealing with a situation in which you know the people identify as women, then you can appropriately use the phrase,&nbsp;<em>pregnant woman<\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>pregnant women<\/em>. The same is true in a situation such as writing about a study that refers only to women,\u201d the editors say.<\/p>\n<p>But in all other contexts, \u201c[i]t would be safest to mimic the use <em>pregnant women and other pregnant individuals<\/em>,\u201d they continue. \u201cYes, this is a bit of a mouthful, but it has the benefit of being the most inclusive way to phrase it in a story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They helpfully provide a handful of other choices to use in place of any phrase that implies only women have uteruses or get pregnant. \u201cIf a shorter phrase is needed, especially in headlines, the phrase <em>pregnant individuals <\/em>may be used (or even <em>pregnant people <\/em>if space is really tight).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet the guidelines also point out that women may bristle at the new vocabulary because it excludes their natural biological ability to conceive and bear children \u2014 which the Post seems to portray as a source of patriarchal oppression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should be careful about [these phrases] becoming the de facto usage\u201d in stories about pregnancies, \u201cbecause it can come across as exclusionary to women, who are already marginalized and for whom it is impossible to separate the experience of being pregnant and giving birth from the inequities that persist specifically because of their biology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With its quasi-public directive, The Washington Post joins a growing line of left-of-center individuals and institutions that have gradually replaced \u201cwomen\u201d with gender-neutral terms when referring to uniquely female functions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In June, President Joe Biden\u2019s $6 trillion proposed budget included the term \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-budget-proposal-refers-to-mothers-as-birthing-people\">birthing people<\/a>\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>In May, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) told the House Oversight Committee about the plight of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/using-the-term-birthing-people-erases-women\">black birthing people<\/a>\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>In August, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tweeted that \u201cthe increased risk of severe illness for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cdc-director-refers-to-pregnant-people-social-media-blasts-her\">pregnant people<\/a>\u201d made vaccination against COVID-19 \u201cmore urgent than ever\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>In September, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) toggled between using the terms \u201cwomen,\u201d \u201cpeople who give birth,\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/aoc-lashes-out-over-coverage-of-her-menstruating-people-remark-gop-view-women-as-uterus-holders\">menstruating people<\/a>\u201d during an interview with CNN\u2019s Anderson Cooper;<\/li>\n<li>Later in September, the British medical journal The Lancet ran a headline that read, \u201cHistorically, the anatomy and physiology of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/famed-medical-journal-calls-women-bodies-with-vaginas-social-media-seriously-f-off\">bodies with vaginas<\/a> have been neglected\u201d; and<\/li>\n<li>Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), the chair of the House Progressive Caucus, said that the decision about whether to have an abortion should be left to \u201cpeople that [sic] have babies\u201d on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d on Sunday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Washington Post, perhaps the most consequential newspaper in American political life, is considered a daily must-read for every congressman, political leader, and staffer on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A leader on the staff of The Washington Post leaked the section of its new stylebook, which encourages writers \u201cto explain that transgender and nonbinary people can also become pregnant,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1888395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-849588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1888395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}