In an exclusive report to Fox News, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas, a Republican, has taken a definitive stance on the issue of gender-specific language.
She has issued an executive order mandating the use of gender-specific terms when referring to women in official state government business, thereby rejecting what she calls "woke, anti-women words."
In the executive order, Sanders states, "The science is clear and real; There are things only women can do, like perform the miracle of birth." She further asserts that the government should reject language that "ignores, undermines, and erases women," and instead, should "celebrate gender distinctions between men and women not erase them."
This move by Sanders comes at a time when various states, workplaces, and educational institutions across the nation are advocating for the use of "culturally conscious" or "inclusive" language. Such initiatives often aim to eliminate the feminine aspect from terms used to describe women.
Earlier this year, the Arkansas Department of Health issued a memo on drinking water, stating that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) could adversely affect "pregnant people." Sanders' new order will now necessitate the use of the terms "pregnant women" or "pregnant mom" when referring to expectant individuals.
The governor has also specified that instead of using terms like "menstruating person" or "birthing person," the terms "woman" or "birth mom" should be used. Similarly, "breastfeeding" should be used instead of "chestfeeding," and "birth mom" or "woman" should replace "laboring person" or "birth-giver."
As the first woman to serve as the governor of Arkansas, Sanders has been vocal in her opposition to the removal of femininity from terms referring to women. She has criticized President Biden, calling him "the first man to surrender his presidency to a woke mob that cant tell you what a woman is."
In the midst of a national trend to replace gender-specific terms, the city of Portland recently encouraged its staff to adopt a more "culturally conscious" vocabulary, which included avoiding words such as "women," "Caucasian," or "citizen."
An elementary school in Vermont faced backlash for announcing the removal of "male" and "female" language from its fifth-grade science lessons on human body and reproduction. Meanwhile, a school district in Missouri opted to use "they/them" pronouns in math class to foster students' "mathematical identities."
In some cases, the push for "inclusive" language extends beyond gender, leading to the removal of religious terms from vocabulary and permitting biological men to participate in women's sports.
Michigan State University, for instance, issued an "inclusive" language guide for students, advising them to avoid references to majority religious imagery and language during winter and spring.
Governor Sanders is set to introduce the executive order on Thursday, which will prohibit "a number of all sorts of ridiculous words from state government documents."
"We are all here to say enough. Enough trying to erase women and girls. Enough denying our biological differences from men. Enough of the craziness taking over our country," the governor is expected to say at the signing later this afternoon.
"Theyre using nonsense words to erase women and girls and more importantly, to erase our voices and experiences. Today, were taking a stand against woke nonsenseIts the Left that decided that woman is a dirty word. Its the Left that decided that we needed to toss out basic biology and basic grammar along with it."
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