Piers Morgan accidentally issues challenge to all women when he talked about 'manning up'.

Last week Piers Morgan announced via a tweet that he would be hosting Good Morning Britain with three broken ribs.

UPDATE: I’ll be co-hosting @GMB tomorrow with 3 broken ribs. For the more fragile snowflakes among you, this is called ‘manning up’. ????????

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 3, 2017

Which would have been fine – just fine – if Morgan had not directed his comments at ‘fragile snowflakes’ and claimed this was an example of ‘manning up’.

As Julia Baird explained in her Sydney Morning Herald column this was like waving a red flag at a bull, because women ‘man up’ all the time.

The hashtag #womanningup began to trend when a US National Public Radio broadcaster replied to Morgan’s tweet, revealing she had hosted a radio show while she was in labour.

Then other women shared their stories.

One woman settled a case in court one hour before giving birth, another anchored newscasts during both her labours, one woman started a non-profit after her child was murdered, and another trained and performed as a dancer while undergoing chemotherapy for stage 3 ovarian cancer.

I worked 36 hour shifts and 80 hour weeks for my entire pregnancy up until I went into labor during my medical residency. #WomanningUp https://t.co/iQODlyZ1tz

— Dr. Christine Mann (@DrMann4Congress) September 5, 2017

I’m fighting stage 4 cancer and working to protect healthcare for millions of other Americans. #WomanningUp https://t.co/FGSKJjtm8p

— Laura Packard (@lpackard) September 4, 2017

My 80 year old mother drove three hours with a broken spine to help me with breast cancer treatment. #WomanningUp https://t.co/ncBakSQ8Yo

— barbara s (@bselden66) September 5, 2017

Serena Williams won her 22nd grand slam while pregnant. Because women.#WomanningUp https://t.co/pPl8gOOpAR

— Amy Williams (@amywill8182) September 4, 2017

I auditioned, trained, travelled and performed as a dancer while undergoing chemotherapy for stage 3 ovarian cancer. #WomanningUp https://t.co/0Ik7DeMfjg

— Colleen Rain ???? (@colleenrain) September 4, 2017

.@piersmorgan, I anchored newscasts, while in labor, both times I was pregnant. I delivered the news, then delivered babies. #WomanningUp https://t.co/Xoz5Lq3TlT

— Elsa Ramon (@CBSLAElsa) September 4, 2017

I settled a case while in labor and took a cab right after….gave birth a hour later. #WomanningUp

— Marilyn French (@Mangoluu) September 4, 2017

I’m an RN. Finished a 12 hour night shift while in labor. Had my son the following morning, after I’d been awake for 38 hours. #womanningup

— Jennifer Trimbee (@AFMJen) September 4, 2017

Got up after my child was slaughtered & started a non profit raising MH awareness, $ for students + compassion 4 her murderer. #WomanningUp https://t.co/irSytALIjJ

— Nelba Márquez-Greene (@Nelba_MG) September 4, 2017

Now that’s womanning up, Piers.

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