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cis male cis male? Am I the only one who has no idea what this is?
by mtoddh 13y ago
cis male
cis male? Am I the only one who has no idea what this is?
- shanelja 13y agoIt's a term commonly used by feminists and transgender people to describe straight white males.
- cpdean 13y agoWhat about the other ethnicities?
- shanelja 13y agoIt tends to be used as a way to describe what is considered the most privileged group of people by certain rights activists groups (and also a few bigots, as with every group, there are bad eggs.) White people are considered more privileged than say, black people, because of studies showing that more black people tend to be brought up in poverty or that Mexican people tend to be brought up in worse neighbourhoods. (These are generalizations which I don't support by the way, I'm describing an external viewpoint, not my own.)
- dfxm12 13y agoDon't hide behind the concept of "speaking for other people". If you do, provide citations. I've never heard cis used this way, and it is not the definition, by any stretch.
- icebraining 13y agoUh, no, it's not used to describe what is considered the most privileged group, nor does it have anything to do with being white; if it did, the common expression "white cis male" would be redundant. Cis is the antonym of trans, so cisgender is a term to refer to non-transgender people.
- meddlepal 13y agoI did not have a clue, so I searched on Google... It is apparently the politically or academically correct way to refer to a male who identifies with the male gender identity; see 'cisgender'.
- icebraining 13y agoNot just males; it's used for females as well.
- dfxm12 13y ago"Cis" means you identify as the gender you are biologically. i.e. Pre-op transsexuals would not be "cis". Cis can refer to both men and women.