R0wantrees Thu 28-Jun-18 10:56:33

I was born female.



I started having periods aged 11.



I started IVF in my late 30s and was diagnosed with gyny cancer.



As a result of the surgery (total hysterectomy) which no doubt saved my life, I have no uterus, cervix or ovaries and am childless but am fortunate to be well. My Gyny cancer was unusually caught at an early stage.



I know these to be uniquely female experiences and as an adult human female, I am a woman.



However, some activists with the Green Party have sought to use 'non-men' as a descriptor.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/feminists-mock-green-party-young-womens-invite-to-non-men-a6987061.html



There has been assertions on Mumsnet and elsewhere to use the descriptor 'non-trans woman'

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3289890-great-piece-by-academic-kathleen-stock-mentions-mn



and not using the descriptor 'cis woman' is deemed by some to be transphobic.



Sometimes women have to say 'No!'

I think words matter

I think sex matters