The pregnant person fallacy is a fallacious argument that discriminating against some property that an oppressed group holds disproportionately is not discrimination against that group. For example, take discrimination against pregnant people, against short people, against people who are not at the top level of athletic performance or of strength, against people who wear skirts (in Anglosphere business culture), or against people who took time out of their career to raise children. Despite the fact that not all women and some men and non-binary people are affected by each of these discriminations, due to their disproportionate impact on women these examples likely are discrimination against women (in some cases in combination with discrimination against other oppressed groups).
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| - The pregnant person fallacy is a fallacious argument that discriminating against some property that an oppressed group holds disproportionately is not discrimination against that group. For example, take discrimination against pregnant people, against short people, against people who are not at the top level of athletic performance or of strength, against people who wear skirts (in Anglosphere business culture), or against people who took time out of their career to raise children. Despite the fact that not all women and some men and non-binary people are affected by each of these discriminations, due to their disproportionate impact on women these examples likely are discrimination against women (in some cases in combination with discrimination against other oppressed groups).
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| - The pregnant person fallacy is a fallacious argument that discriminating against some property that an oppressed group holds disproportionately is not discrimination against that group. For example, take discrimination against pregnant people, against short people, against people who are not at the top level of athletic performance or of strength, against people who wear skirts (in Anglosphere business culture), or against people who took time out of their career to raise children. Despite the fact that not all women and some men and non-binary people are affected by each of these discriminations, due to their disproportionate impact on women these examples likely are discrimination against women (in some cases in combination with discrimination against other oppressed groups). Arguing that none of these examples is discrimination against women because nothing can be discrimination against women unless it is against every woman and no other person is the definition of the pregnant person fallacy.
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