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		zzrzzr 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CDC: Unpublished manuscripts mentioning certain to... We're talking about humans. That some other animal species have a reproductive strategy of sequential hermaphroditism is not relevant to the conversation.

fireflash38 8 months ago [–]

It's relevant to language, since we use the same terms for a lot of different thing.

zzrzzr 8 months ago | [–]

Which non-human species do you believe are being referred to when the term "pregnant women" (or "pregnant people") is used?

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