92 | Inclusive language is excluding your main audience, DONA and La Leche League’s inclusive language policy is erasing women, with Dr Sarah

DONAs inclusive language policy isn't new, but how they responded to the women speaking against the policy is new and it's contributing to the erasure of women and the mother.

In this episode, we discuss:

• DONA and LLL erasing comments and blocking women who want to be called women.

• How society tries to make women equal to men, completely ignoring our biological differences

• Inclusive language has been normalized for many years, starting in public school and health education. 

• We took feminism too far, it’s okay to say girls can play with trucks but men and women ARE different.

• Fed is best is the same as saying McDonalds is better than grass fed burgers. 

• Shame can teach you something if you let yourself feel uncomfortable first. 

• Our society makes it almost impossible for you to be a mother and a woman.

• Certification programs are part of the system, the only way they will change if they are not making money.

Meet the guest:

Dr. Sarah is a chiropractor, birth educator & mother of three who wants you to know you have more options than you're being told. After an unnecessary c-section led her to have an unassisted birth with her 2nd son, her eyes were opened to the lack of information & informed consent being given to mothers. Because of this she created Birth Uprising, through which she shares everything you won't learn in your 7 minute OB appointments so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family during pregnancy & birth. Dr. Sarah can be found on Instagram at @birthuprising, on the Birth Uprising Podcast, and on her website at www.birthuprising.com.

Mentioned on the show:

The Word is Woman #15 - Milli Hill’s Substack

DONA’s inclusive language policy