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Are you a big fat cissexist?

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Cerseirys · 17/11/2015 19:04

Because Everyday 'Feminism' thinks you are...
http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/11/common-examples-cissexism/

If this is the future of feminism then I despair, I really do!

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SoftDriftedSnow · 17/11/2015 19:52

It's not about being obsessive about transsexuals. It's about focussing on women and pushing back against attempts to erase women as a class which would render Feminism void as a means of analysis and therefore a tool to shine light on existing oppression and inequality. And therefore harm women in the process.

That there are barely any feminist spaces left (irl or online) that are not riven with transangst is a travesty and will (has) contribute(d) to a backsliding of thought, discussion and action that is harmful to women. Just wait until the right wingers turn their attention to reproductive rights in this country.

Cerseirys · 17/11/2015 19:46

Everyday Feminism may as well change its name to Everyday Transactivism as that's all they care about. Trans women > biological women seems to be their unofficial motto. Hmm

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VestalVirgin · 17/11/2015 19:27

The reason of the rage would be the fact that the transgender movement succeeded in having men put in women's prisons. Among other things.

The bizarre thing is that so much space on an allegedly feminist site is dedicated to ... men.

LauraMipsum · 17/11/2015 19:25

I'm not a cissexist but I do think that writer's writing style is particularly grating. I do not like being addressed as "honey" even in the context of being addressed as a generic reader, because it's a belittling term of pseudo-endearment aimed at infantilising women. Perhaps the author could use a class in old-fashioned sexism.

Also, why is everybody obsessed with transsexuals? This topic gets disproportionate coverage and rouses disproportionate rage.

ArmchairTraveller · 17/11/2015 19:17

I've given up despairing at the future of feminism, somehow the basics seem to survive despite all the fads and fashions. It's an ever-changing field.

grimbletart · 17/11/2015 19:14

Oh FFS - not another bloody heap of transactivist shit.

VestalVirgin · 17/11/2015 19:09

I am neither big (wish I were) nor fat, but I suppose I am cissexist, because I believe men are not women?

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