Erasing Women - The Johns Hopkins Non-Man Debacle

The increase in media coverage of gender issues seems to have exploded in recent months with many organizations weighing in on the issues.  One organization would appear to have taken things a bit too far as you will see in this posting.

 

According to the Gender and Sexuality Resources website of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Johns Hopkins University we find these definitions on an archived copy of its LGBTQ Glossary webpage with my bolds:

 

"Gay Man: A man who is emotionally, romantically, sexually, affectionately, or relationally attracted to other men, or who identifies as a member of the gay community. At times, “gay” is used to refer to all people, regardless of gender, who have their primary sexual and or romantic attractions to people of the same gender. “Gay” is an adjective (not a noun) as in “He is a gay man.”"

 

"Lesbian [sexual orientation]: A non-man attracted to non-men. While past definitions refer to ‘lesbian’ as a woman who is emotionally, romantically, and/or sexually attracted to other women, this updated definition includes non-binary people who may also identify with the label."

 

Here are screen captures of both definitions for the record.

 

So, in the interest of political correctness and all-encompassing inclusion, no longer are lesbians two women who are attracted to each other, they are two "non-men" who are attracted to each other.  In other words, women have been erased yet again and become "non-men".  In contrast, in the case of gay men, you'll notice that there was no such gender-inclusive phrasing.

 

This change in definition did not go unnoticed by the world which reacted negatively to the erasure of women who are now being referred to by such terms as "chest feeders" and "people who bleed".  In fact, the negative reaction was so strong that Johns Hopkins has totally removed the LGBTQ Glossary from its website, replacing it with this:

 

And here I thought that we had reached peak stupid three years ago.  Women have spent decades fighting for equality in their personal lives and careers and now they are slowly but surely being erased in the interest of political correctness and making sure that everyone is included..that is except for people who have the misfortune of being born with two XX chromosomes.