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Originally Posted by Maru

@Bold No, I don't think you intended that at all, and I wouldn't accuse you of such. I just think there's a little bit of loaded verbiage that's out there to the way we word things...

For example, when we're having a discussion about the experiences of entire groups... some of us can sound like we're speaking for entire groups (I too, am guilty of this, and am trying to reform my wording/thought forms away from it).

I think having discussion about how some things appear on the outside are just as useful to those who tend to be on the inside of an issue... but when we write something for example, and preface it "As a woman"... it doesn't have much meaning beyond... "well, I'm a woman and as so I think..."... but actually, the other side, it's open to interpretation... it can very easily be taken to mean "well, I'm not a woman, so am I being told where my place is...?"... it's the opposite of mansplaining... which is why I think that term actually is bollocks.

On this particular topic though it's entirely relevant to say "as a woman" because it will effect women more than men, that's a fact.

And you did ignore the second part of my previous post about why I took exception to what TS said originally