The Women's March movement has sparked a furious backlash after referring to female members of parliament as 'menstruators'.
Thousands of demonstrators including transgender activist Munro Bergdorf, marched through London on Saturday ahead of the anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration as President.
But after the event, organisers were met with anger for 'reducing women to "menstruators"' in a discussion about the tampon tax.
Women's March referred to female members of parliament as 'menstruators' in a discussion about the tampon tax
The tweet describing MPs as 'menstruators' sparked a furious backlash from followers
Activists came together and marched through the capital on Saturday to the theme 'bread and roses', in honour of American Rose Schneiderman who fronted a rally of the same name in 1912.
Thousands of demonstrators held aloft signs bearing slogans including 'austerity is misogyny', 'women's rights are human rights' and 'Brexit wrecks it' in the rally at the weekend.
Afterwards, Women's March posted a tweet regarding the UK joining the EU in 1973, when Margaret Thatcher and Barbara Castle were among the 23 sitting women MPs.
Women's March tweeted: 'Fun history lesson - when the UK joined the eu it had a limited time to choose which products could remain tax free before everything had to have vat on it. In 1973 there were 23 menstruators in parliament. So really the tampon tax is an issue of political representation.'
But the tweet provoked fury among followers, some of whom vowed to distance themselves from the movement.
One Twitter user wrote: '“Inclusivity” reducing women to “menstruators”. Disgusting. Eroding away definition of woman to appease men. I support trans women as trans women, their journey is hard and I won’t pretend to know it, as they should understand they won’t understand a woman’s journey, ridiculous.'
Tamsin added: 'You can't possibly know if these 23 women had the shared experience of menstruation. Many women never menstruate. Surely it is most inclusive to name them as women, which was the only shared experience you can be sure about.'
Nicola Benge tweeted: 'What about women who've gone through the menopause and don't menstruate any more. Are they now completely excluded as non menstruators. Does that make them men?! Sorry cis men!'
Women's March later deleted the tweet before clarifying its position.
Thousands of demonstrators, including transgender activist Munroe Bergdorf (second from left) marched through London on Saturday ahead of the anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration as President
The tweet provoked fury among followers, some of whom vowed to distance themselves from the movement
It tweeted: 'As a trans inclusive and intersectional group we try to use inclusive language when talking about issues of biology. This guide from #PeriodPositive explains why we chose to use the word 'menstruator' in an earlier tweet about the tampon tax.
'In context what was actually meant was 'people who had likely menstruated at some time in their life' but Twitter has character limits and sometimes accuracy is sacrificed for brevity.
'Whilst the group of people in question (the 23 afab mps serving in 1973) were all cis women, the word menstruator was used instead of women because the shared experience that was being referenced was menstruation and not womanhood.'
Women's March has been contacted for comment.
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