A university in the UK is instructing its midwifery students on how to care for men while they give birth..Reduxx, a feminism news website, revealed teaching materials from Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland that explained the person giving birth may still have “external male genitalia” after transitioning from male to female..During one teaching module about caring for mothers during childbirth, the students were initially provided a “Skills Workbook” on catheterization that contained specific guidance about handling male genitals..A catheter is a flexible tube inserted through a narrow opening, in this case it would be the male urethra, into the body cavity, particularly the bladder, typically to remove fluid..Students were taught that biological males can get pregnant and give birth through their penis before instructors hastily edited the workbook the students were assigned.. Workbook-Introduction-1-Redacted-date-2A page from the Edinburgh Napier University midwifery instruction workbook .Reduxx was sent the instructional material by concerned students studying midwifery at the Scottish university. They requested anonymity out of concern for their careers. They shared that they were initially provided biologically impossible instruction on giving care to males who were pregnant and in labour..The workbook also said that a transgender person who has transitioned from female to male could give birth through a specially constructed penis..The book tells students they might need to be comfortable with the catheterization procedures for “both female and male anatomy.” The book stated, as a result of the fact both males and females may be giving birth, only the term “birthing person” should be used throughout the instruction..A Fellow of the Chartered Society for Physiotherapy, Elaine Miller, was disappointed with the contents of the workbook..“It is not possible for a male person to get pregnant,” she told Reduxx. She said she was “deeply concerned.”.“A female with a gender difference can become pregnant but will not have male genitalia.”.A spokesman for the university said its goal is to be inclusive for people in the LGBTQ2+ communities and will revise teaching materials wherever necessary..This follows the incident of a feminist PhD student who lost her legal case against a university after claiming she was subject to harassment and bullying from trans rights activists..Raquel Rosario Sanchez, 32, sued the University of Bristol in south west England alleging it had neglected its duty to protect her from the activists who targeted her for her activism for campaign group, Woman’s Place UK. She brought a claim against the university for damages in contract, negligence, and the (UK) Equality Act..Trans activists had protested against a talk she gave and labelled her a “terf” – a ‘trans-exclusionary radical feminist’ – and claimed she was “spreading hate about trans people”..Amanda Brown is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.abrown@westernstandard.news.,.Twitter: @WS_JournoAmanda
