Everywhere you look, mothers are being erased.
In the name of inclusion and diversity:
- Barnardos has cancelled its ‘Mother of the Year’ award
- Volunteers from the Australian Breastfeeding Association have been investigated for their use of the word ‘mother’ on social media
- The Labor Party has removed the word ‘mother’ from its policy documents
The reasoning goes: some families don’t have a mother and some mothers identify as ‘fathers’, so we should stop using sexed language for parents altogether.
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