By the way I see Lightbreather mentioned at her talk page that she is a
"I am a cisgender, straight, older woman." Now saying that to point out
you were born/assigned a woman at birth is considered politically
correct. And if LB wants to use that term to describe herself, that is
her choice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lightbreather/Kaffeeklatsch#Cisgender_or…
Yet someone like me who prefers to say I am a "woman born woman" is
called a bigot. Such arbitrary enforcement of political correctness of
terms is just a power trip to mess with people, IMHO...
On 1/17/2015 11:42 PM, Carol Moore dc wrote:
Since I started a minor brouhaha on cisgender, I
figured I should
provide some examples of women (and feminists) who dislike the
phrase. Frankly, I never have gotten a handle on what gender means
and never use the phrase gender at all except in gender gap, only
because "sex gap" obviously is not useable. I think sexual
stereotypes - and the resultant imposed sexual roles, sexual
discrimination, sexual abuse, etc. - are the problem; all this talk
about gender confuses the issue. People who are born intersex may
choose to use that phase or identify with one sex or the other. Those
who state they are really individuals of the opposite sex trapped in
the wrong body certainly can define themselves as transgenders or
transsexuals. But trying to redefine all individuals (straight,
gay/lesbian or bi) by whether or not they are transgender or cisgender
is absurd.
http://sarahditum.com/2014/04/21/notes-from-a-non-cis-woman/
http://liberationcollective.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/a-feminist-critique-of…
http://bugbrennan.com/2012/12/12/cisterhood-is-powerful/
http://uppitybiscuit.wordpress.com/2007/01/19/do-not-call-me-cisgender-you-…
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/378511/cis-ridiculous-christine-sisto
http://bmgnedra.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/sscabdscab-reframing-the-conversat…
http://glosswatch.com/2014/04/20/beauty-and-the-cis/
http://glosswatch.com/2014/04/24/9-reasons-why-cis-isnt-working/
http://bigboobutch.com/2013/09/16/cis-queerly-not-yours/
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