If the stated reasons for such language, namely to be inclusive of transmen when talking about female issues, were sincere, then we would see similar linguistic manoeuvres in order not to exclude transwomen when talking about males. There would be guides to masturbation for ‘penis owners’, and articles and advertising campaigns aimed at testicle havers, semen producers and the like. ‘Anyone with a prostate’ would be told to get it checked. But no such language is used. Factsheets about prostate cancer start by saying: ‘Only men have a prostate.’ When I googled ‘testicle havers’, I was asked if
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