Here is an article I read in Metroland about Women's issues. Funny enough, Didi Barett is demonstrating "genderblind universalism"!
“They are really not women’s issues,” says Barrett. “They are people’s issues. When you talk about education and health care and all the things that mothers care about and women care about, those issues impact everyone in this district.”
Are they not women's issues? Because I thought they were!
I tend to agree with the quote. To refer to them as women's issues may be seen as marginalizing, and also underscores the sexist notion that only women are responsible for issues related to child rearing, etc.
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