2026-05-05 13:17 UTC
@vagina_museum Gender neutral towards the person who helps the birth sure, not gender neutral towards the birthing person in that case though! May be worth looking at it critically through that lense, even if we could teach everyone that midwife is gender neutral towards the title holders, that might still be uncomfortable to non "wif" birthing people.
Replies (1)
-
@Erik_Haugaard@oslo.town 2026-05-05 13:49
@GLaDTheresCake @vagina_museum In Norwegian and Danish, the word for midwife translates into «earth-mother». In Norse, however, the equivalent term translates to «near (the) wife».