It's not really my usual kind of post but like, why do people disagree when I use proper scientific language in my arguments? Like, when talking about pregnancy, I say fetus, no matter how long the pregnancy has been going on. Because biologically speaking, and I'm a biology major, a fetus is a fetus for the whole pregnancy, and it should be called a child only after the birth, like after the head touches the air outside of the mother's body. I'm not saying people can't say baby or something when talking about fetuses, but biologically, I just say what it is, and why do people just say I'm wrong? That might be just because this comes up in arguments about pregnancy or abortion and people that don't have views that are similair to mine often are also the ones who insist it's a child at conception or something, but like, it's just a proper term that I use because I studied it in a probably slightly more detailed way than most people at my education level (my classes didn't focus on pregnancy or reproduction so I'm not saying I'm an expert and that I know everything, just that I studied it in more detail than just basic knowledge). Obviously I wouldn't go up to a pregnant woman and say "oh, congrats on your fetus", but I just use the terms I've been taught to use in any context where I'm supposed to present biological facts and arguments and stuff like that if that makes sense. It honestly puts me off when I use the term fetus in an argument about, for example, abortion and the other person starts acting like I'm wrong just because I said fetus and not baby or child. Anyways very pointless rant but i'm kind of annoyed about this.
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