Pressure to expand the definition of the word ‘woman’ to include men who identify as female is erasing the idea of women, columnists have complained.
The issue was raised after The Guardian avoided using the word ‘woman’. Instead they used the term ‘menstruators’, wanting to acknowledge that some females call themselves ‘men’ and that some males call themselves ‘women’.
The critics have argued that the rights and feelings of those who are transgender are being “elevated above those of other people”....