CNN published an explanation of new gender-inclusive phrases – like “pregnant people” and “penis owners” – in a news article this week.
“The use of expressions such as 'pregnant people' or 'penis owners' in cultural or political discourse sometimes arouses confusion and even anger,” the article states. “Why use these terms when, as some ask, 'only women can get pregnant' or 'only men have penises'?”
The article, published in CNN's online health section, was not identified as opinion and cited “experts” arguing for “gender-inclusive phrases.”
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(CNN published an explanation of new phrases designed for inclusiveness – like “pregnant people” and “penis owners” – in a Monday report.)
“As our understanding of gender and inclusion has evolved, we're starting to see more and more of these terms being used,” said Keygan Miller, director of public training at crisis group The Trevor Project for women. young LGBT people. told CNN.
“We need to do a better job of educating people and realizing that sex and gender are a spectrum…and they are not the same,” Miller said.
Quoting clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, Dr. Jack Drescher said that “it is the most inclusive and simplest way to refer to any person who, regardless of gender identity, possesses certain abilities anatomical or biological.
Professor Emeritus of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Dennis Baron, told CNN that using gender-neutral terms is “not just about inclusion or politeness, it’s a question of medical accuracy.” ”
“Presumably it gives the patient a feeling of being seen, that they are being paid attention to appropriately,” Baron said.
Baron rejected arguments that new terminologies such as “pregnant people” and “penis owners” were “made up” and therefore unworthy of serious consideration.
“All language is invented, and it is invented because we need to say things,” Baron said.
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Columbia University clinical professor of psychiatry Dr. Jack Drescher argued that gender-neutral language would not ignore the majority of “ciswomen and cismen” because they constitute a “very large majority.” (iStock)
Drescher argued that inclusive language would not ignore “ciswomen and cismen” because they constitute a “vast majority.”
The article also quotes Miller to object to the claim that “only women can get pregnant” because statements like this “convey that a ciswoman who cannot get pregnant is no longer fully a female”.
In 2023, CNN published a “guide to neopronouns”.
In the article titled “A Guide to Neopronouns, from ae to ze,” the CNN article describes the use of alternative grammar that eliminates “gender markers,” citing one of the “leading experts in neopronouns” which encouraged readers to “use and respect.” neopronouns like any other common pronoun.
“xe/xyr (commonly pronounced zé/zéer) I asked Xyr to come to the cinema. Xe said yes!', the CNN article read.ze/zir or ze/hir (commonly pronounced zee/zeer or zee/heer.) The teacher graded his paper today, and he got an A! Ze himself said that I was his favorite neighbor.”
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Yael Halon of Fox News contributed to this report.