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FDA scientists told ‘woman’ and ‘disabled’ are on Trump’s banned word list (www.independent.co.uk)
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Summary

FDA scientists have been instructed to avoid using words like "woman," "disabled," and "elderly" in external communications, per a leaked list circulating within the agency.

The directive, reportedly linked to Trump’s executive order against "gender ideology," has caused confusion and concern.

The White House denies most words are banned but confirms restrictions on terms related to gender and diversity.

Scientists fear these limits will hinder medical research and public health efforts.

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[–] gnome@programming.dev 10 points 2 months ago (6 children)

How are they supposed to refer to a woman then? ~wo~MAN?

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 months ago

Presumably "femoids" or some other 4chan coinage.

[–] Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.org 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I guess "Females"

[–] vivi@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure the lists I've seen circulating also ban the word female... which is so bizarre

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They aren't.

Anyone other than nondisabled cis hetero white males is irrelevant.

[–] BitsAndBites@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unman

[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Oh that explains the plane binary...

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Preferably, they won't. At all. "Non-male person" at best.

[–] itsathursday@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

“Wives” I guess since that seems to be the only position that these people value.