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Language and use of cis

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Rainfallrainbow · 30/03/2018 09:06

I’m struggling. I do not identify as a cis woman. I am a woman. I can see why many are offended by this prefix.

BUT...

My daughter is currently being assessed for autism. It’s almost a certainty that she will be diagnosed with ASD. As we’ve gone through the diagnostic process, I’ve found my language has changed. When talking about my daughter vs her peers, I now use the term ‘neuro-typical’ to describe those without autism. I’m beginning to hate when people use the term ‘normal’. If I thought anyone was annoyed by me describing them as neuro-typical, I in turn would be annoyed because when comparing them to my daughter, this is what they are.

Isn’t this the same as the use of the word cis?

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FencingFightingTorture35 · 30/03/2018 09:12

'Woman' is biologically accurate. It doesn't need any additions. Neuro-typical is accurate too. It isn't coercively imposed on anyone. It makes very little assumptions, in reality (a neuro-typical person can still have severe depression, say) whereas cis does - and offensive ones at that.

TheShaniaTwainExperience · 30/03/2018 09:10

It’s not the same at all. The words man and woman don’t require a prefix for the correct definition. Calling people without autism ‘normal’ is not the same because ‘normal’ suggests people with autism are ‘abnormal’ which is stigmatising and othering.

Cis is not a prefix used by Medical professionals in my own experience. Not once has anyone ever in real life referred to me as cis. If they did, they would receive a swift dressing down.

Babdoc · 30/03/2018 09:09

Not really, no, it’s not. Because trans people are not “women” in any sense of the word. They’re biological men with gender dysphoria. NT and autistic are two types of neuro development, like male and female are two sexes.

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Rainfallrainbow · 30/03/2018 09:07

I must add I was beginning to be really annoyed by the use of cis, but this just popped into my head this morning and I wondered, actually, how is it different?

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