You know what I want? A place where women can come together and talk. I hope they won't get hung up on - or especially belittle each other - if they prefer to say *about themselves* "I am a woman," or "I am a cisgender woman," or "I am a woman-born-woman," or "I am a trans-woman," or whatever.
And I sure hope that wouldn't be the main thing we talked about. Lightbreather On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Carol Moore dc <carolmoor...@verizon.net> 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-cisgender/ > > http://bugbrennan.com/2012/12/12/cisterhood-is-powerful/ > > http://uppitybiscuit.wordpress.com/2007/01/19/do- > not-call-me-cisgender-you-do-not-have-my-permission-to-name-me/ > > http://www.nationalreview.com/article/378511/cis-ridiculous- > christine-sisto > > http://bmgnedra.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/sscabdscab- > reframing-the-conversation/ > > 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/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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