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Passage of time in QC...
AprilArcus:
--- Quote from: valkygrrl on 24 Oct 2014, 19:41 ---The word isn't really consistent with a gender critical world view.
http://liberationcollective.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/a-feminist-critique-of-cisgender/
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If you want to keep talking about the timeline, that's fine, but if you want to pick bones with my vocabulary, please do it by PM or start a thread in Discuss.
ReindeerFlotilla:
Technically, "cis" means "on the {same} side" where "trans" means "on the other side."
"Trans" in transgender comes from the other meaning of the prefix trans--in between (Transition vs transverse).
Cisgender, as a word, is a bit off but only in the sense that the prefix doesn't mean what it is used to mean. The word actually means exactly what you think. So while cisgender is the same as non-trans, cis isn't...at least enough that I can understand some people being uncomfortable with it.
For ex: maybe a person feels that both cis and cisgender reinforce the idea that man/woman is a natural duality (The sides). Where Trans is then, something else. Maybe said person objects to this on the basis that gender is a construct. Using language that seems to suggest that gender is fundamental might be upsetting to that person.
Edit: I know that cis can be read as "gender on the same side as sex." I'm just saying that some people might see it like that, or many other povs. As long as one person is saying "I don't use that word" vs. "You stop using that word" it seems logical to just respect it.
--- Quote from: AprilArcus on 24 Oct 2014, 19:44 ---If you want to keep talking about the timeline, that's fine, but if you want to pick bones with my vocabulary, please do it by PM or start a thread in Discuss.
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I'm not sure this constitutes bone picking. Just a stated preference that was challenged by a mod.
AprilArcus:
This is a fine conversation to have in another thread, please.
valkygrrl:
--- Quote from: AprilArcus on 24 Oct 2014, 20:02 ---This is a fine conversation to have in another thread, please.
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You're the one who introduced politics into the thread but if that is your last word on the subject--for now. It will be my last word--for now.
snarkyone:
Penis.... that is all...
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