Here, I will be listing terms and words that may be used throughout this blog by me and submitters, that may help you to understand what is being discussed and language to use in the future.
SIG: Socially/Societally imposed gender [link]
This describes the gender that is imposed onto you based on your appearance, presentation and sex characteristics. Everyone has a socially imposed gender, but this language is most used by trans and intersex people to talk about how one's SIG may not be accurate to their internal view of their gender, or how one's SIG is inconsistent.
ā¢ ISIG: Inconsistent Socially/Societally Imposed Gender.
This is most often used for intersex individuals (though, not exclusive to them) to describe the experiences one might face having an inconsistent gender imposed onto them because of their intersexuality. A few examples may be that someone is born with wolffian external genitalia and their SIG is a boy/male, but when they experience estrogenizing puberty, their SIG changes to a girl/female, or one has ambiguous genitalia so they experience IGM as an infant to fit into a peritypical female ideal and later are androgynous and are treated as either a man or a woman interchangeably throughout their life.
Perisex trans people may also experience ISIG, an example may be a trans man who is in the process of medical transition and doesn't fully pass as a man 100% of the time, so people may assume they are a man or a woman or as non-binary any given day.
ā¢ CSIG: Consistent Socially/Societally Imposed Gender.
This describes the experience of having one consistent socially imposed gender, which is often true for the majority of perisex cisgender/cissexual individuals. Like the wiki states, it's often why people conflate having a certain AGAB to being perceived/raised as being x gender, which isn't very true for a lot of people.
MĆ¼lleripathian / TMDP: Typical MĆ¼llerian Developmental Pathway.
These terms are to replace "the female sex", since female is a very gendered term and can be misgendering to people when describing it. MĆ¼lleripathian's naturally develop sexual organs, genitalia, hormone levels and chromosomes that are typical for a perisex female.
It specifically describes those who are perisex females. If you are intersex, you are not a mĆ¼lleripathian.
ā¢ MĆ¼llerian: a reproductive organ / duct that is typical for / falls into the area of what is typical for or associated with MĆ¼lleripathians.
Wolffipathian/ TWDP: Typical Wolffipathian Developmental Pathways.
These terms, much the same like MĆ¼lleripathian, are to replace "the male sex", since male is a very gendered term and can be misgendering to people when describing it. Wolffipathian's naturally develop sexual organs, genitalia, hormone levels and chromosomes that are typical for a perisex male.
It specifically describes those who are perisex males.
ā¢ Wolffian: a reproductive organ / duct that is typical for / falls into the area of what is typical for or associated with Wolffipathians.
Estrogenized / androgenized / androestrogenized: traits that develop due to estrogen, androgen, and/or both.
ā¢ Wolffian ā Androgenized, MĆ¼llerian ā Estrogenized. You can have a MĆ¼llerian duct and have androgenized traits, and vice versa (ovaries with a phallus, for example).
ā¢ increased muscle mass
Androestrogenized (mixed) traits:
ā¢ facial hair and breasts
You can read more about these terms here [link] and here [link], and more about intersex traits and variations here [link].
CT[X]: Close to [Sex] [link].
It is a set of terms to describe one's personal view of what their sex is closest to. They aren't inherent, or a catch-all for whoever you believe to be CT[X], it is a personal term that is completely free to be opted into or out of. One may feel that their traits/variations bring them closer to female, while others may feel that those same traits that they share bring them closer to androgynous, or they may use multiple terms to describe their own feelings versus what they think people perceived them to be (ex: I think my variations bring me CTA, but others perceive me to be CTF) it's nuanced and unique to the person.
ā¢ CTN: Close To Neutral
ā¢ CTA: Close to Androgynous
People can combine and switch them as they please, here are some examples of some combos:
ā¢ CTFA: Close To Female - Androgynous
ā¢ CTMN: Close To Male - Neutral
ā¢ CTNA: Close to Neutral - Androgynous
IGM: Intersex Genital Mutilation.
Intersex Genital Mutilation is what it sounds like- a horrific practice done by doctors to intersex people to "correct" their genitalia, most often done on infants, who cannot consent, and often leads to lifelong disabilities, chronic pain and other health issues.
Doctors will often fearmonger about letting the intersex patient's genitalia be, telling parents / patients "you will never have children / you won't live past x age / you will become permanently disabled / you will never have a lasting relationship*", coercing parents and patients to do the unthinkable without informed consent.
ā¢ CIMI: Coercive Intersex Medical Interventions.
This term is to describe any medical procedure done to "correct" someone's intersex traits and variations, done coercively or behind the patient's back.
ā¢ being pressured onto birth control to subside the effects of hyperandrogenism in those who are feminized.
ā¢ being put on hormone replacement therapy without being told what for.
ā¢ being coerced by doctors to have one or all of your gonads removed so you can participate in a sport.
ā¢ having extra, unwanted things done during a procedure/surgery that you did consent to.
(*while one of these things are true, some variations will cause people to be infertile and never have children biologically, never in a million years could that fact ever justify the surgeries that are being performed. It often makes the situation so much worse.)
If anyone has more suggestions for terms that need to be listed here especially acronyms / terms that are difficult to find information on, please share!
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