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ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 14 Jul 2021 16:50

That is what my cousin is going through now, she has to have a mans name, her ample bust has to be bound to look like a chest and goodness knows what else, however she is treated like she saw it in a shop and wanted to buy it.
It isn't an easy proses to go through and some "friends" have disowned her because of it.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

Island

Island Report 14 Jul 2021 16:51

So are you now an old man?

Researching:
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

Sharron

Sharron Report 14 Jul 2021 16:56

If there is no reason to label women who have not given birth, then why is there a reason to label women who have?

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 14 Jul 2021 17:06

Interesting. There doesn’t seem to an equivalent for men who don’t have children. But I suppose you have to believe them :-S

Island

Island Report 14 Jul 2021 17:50

Because Sharron, a female who has given birth is a mother.
Are you on a wind up here?

Zzzzz, I didn't see your 16.50 post, I was replying to namelessone.
Not an easy time for someone who is about to go through gender re-assignment I imagine.

Researching:
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

Sharron

Sharron Report 14 Jul 2021 18:01

No I am not on a wind up. I think this is what debate might be about.

This goes back to my original point that a woman with a child, however acquired, is a mother but there is no name for a woman who has none.

No title, no value?

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 14 Jul 2021 18:12

How about Baroness? Then you could be Lady Sharron….

Island

Island Report 14 Jul 2021 18:29

Of course women who haven't given birth have a value!
Take the holy cloth then you can work up to Mother Sharron if you're that bothered.

Researching:
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 14 Jul 2021 19:57

Or Abbess Sharron. Maybe you'd prefer Mother Superior, that is what top nun was at my school.

I expect you'll just go with Superior Sharron. ;-)

Sharron

Sharron Report 14 Jul 2021 20:09

If a woman who has never given birth was bovine, she would be a heifer. Even cattle get a name!

Island

Island Report 14 Jul 2021 20:14

or Brother Sharron?

Researching:
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

Florence61

Florence61 Report 14 Jul 2021 20:24

I did say earlier that the term Nulliparous refers to a woman that has never given birth!

Florence in the hebrides

Researching:
house/hampshire prophet/cheshire skinner/kent

Sharron

Sharron Report 14 Jul 2021 20:32

That is an adjective, as is barren.


Or I could be known as 'Going to give names a thick ear Sharron'!

Florence61

Florence61 Report 14 Jul 2021 20:42

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Researching:
house/hampshire prophet/cheshire skinner/kent

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