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Cis as a slur

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CircleSquareCircleSquare · 09/04/2018 20:32

I am sick to the back teeth of being called a cis woman or just cis. I don’t need a prefix.

Is there anyway we can campaign for this to become some kind of slur? It is so othering, incredibly demeaning, unnecessary and offensive.

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CircleSquareCircleSquare · 09/04/2018 20:51

I reject gender and I reject the term “cis”.

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Mouthtrousersafrocknowandthen · 09/04/2018 20:49

I'm sorry people are using that term here.

changeypants · 09/04/2018 20:46

I agree. I do not identify as cis because I do not identify with the gender role of being a woman which can only be understood as the stereotypical one. Of the aspects of the stereotype that I do perform, many are not performed by choice but for survival - either of myself or of family members. That is what makes being told to accept cis so insulting. It's like telling a bird with clipped wings that it's free just because you can't see a cage.