This Is Getting Out Of Hand.......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1395811/Piers-Morgan-NHS-midwives-transgender-chestfeeding-breastfeeding-GMB-video
Mother = Birthing parent! Breast feeding = Chest feeding! For gawds sake how far are we expected to go to accommodate these people?

[Bobbisox1]

I'm sure someone dreams up this crap for a reaction TTT

[Cloverjo]

Well, it is in Brighton.

[ummmm]

Just don't use the terms suggested. Simple.

[Jackdaw33]

I would have said that you couldn't make it up, but obviously someone has. What a load of male reproductive glands!

[emmie]

what a load of nonsense, can't they leave well alone.

[aelmpvw]

i'm confused, i've checked the date and it isn't april 1st

[ToraToraTora]

TBF this has got the LibFac's - taking offence on behalf of a group they think might be offended - stamp all over it. I doubt any TG person actually complained.

[calmck]

Ridiculous

[pastafreak]

I didn't think it was possible for the chest to produce breast milk...
Learn something new every day

[woofgang]

why does it matter? The people involved in the process will use the terms they choose, the rest of us needn't do anything.

[Ellipsis]

> Mother = Birthing parent! Breast feeding = Chest feeding!

I don't expect midwives to start calling mothers "birthing parents", but perhaps midwives have been unsure what to call a woman who has transitioned to a person with a beard and had their boobs removed/flattened but their reproductive organs and feeding apparatus preserved so they can have children and naturally feed them. "Birthing parent" and "chestfeeding" works then, but not really needed for a woman that hasn't had all of that done.

[tiggerblue10]

Not fussed tbh and there's nothing to stop anyone using the existing terms.

I think the last time I got massively peed off was over product name changes like Marathon to Snickers and Opal Fruits to Starburst. No point in fighting it though.

[jackthehat]

I agree with ellipsis.
I am not sure that I will ever find myself in a position where I will ever have to use either term, but those who may do have now got some sort of guidance.

[aelmpvw]

^ i'll remember to use the phrase 'chest feeding' next time i meet someone of that disposition . . .

[aelmpvw]

crossed posts jack, great minds and all that :-)

[naomi24]

More fantasies and lies.

[ToraToraTora]

ellipsis: 10:39, if they gave birth they are a mother, end of.

[mushroom25]

probably terribly discriminatory but can't help feeling queasy for the baby who latches on and ends up with a mouthful of chest hair.......

[pixie374]

TTT, once the word "mother" or "woman" no longer exists... it would be a bit of a shot in the foot. Who would they pretend to be then? Or vice versa.