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		synecdoche 28 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BBC director general and News CEO resign in bias c... Nonsense. Language evolves but not by edict. Same with biology.

dwb 28 days ago [–]

This is not a case of language evolution, “woman” has never been a biological term. Also the rest of my comment.

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