#cis privilege

[redditreceipts]

"there is no way to define "woman" without leaving out some cis women" so how do you define "cis woman" then? if you're so sure about who is and who isn't a cis woman, your definition of "cis woman" is my definition of "woman" :)

[nonbinarymlm]

If you are cis then it is not appropriate to speak on trans experiences of oppression. It is simply not. You can boost the voices of trans people, but it is not okay to push your own take on how any transgender people experience oppression. It does not matter how many trans friends you have. It does not matter how knowledgeable you feel.

It is not acceptable for any cis person to speak over transgender people about their own experiences.

[mistarover]

why do cis ppl act as if an all-genders bathroom is so hard to grasp when the family bathroom in public spaces has been avaliable to all genders for ages now

[prof-grace-aspen]

Saying that cis women don't have to go through certain things isn't a privilege dynamic. And all the things you mentioned, women are also discriminated against in those areas such as medicine has lack of research into female bodies, employment standards and so on. Like female only shelters being open to cis women isn't a privilege, they were created specifically bc women are oppressed under patriarchy.

How you sound right now:

Yes, having things you don't go through that other people do is a privilege dynamic. Privilege is often described as "obstacles one group of people face that you do not". I don't really care how you personally define privilege; the rest of the world disagrees with you. Privilege also makes it so you can't see the challenges other people face; their burdens are invisible to you. You see YOUR burden clearly, but you can't visualize anyone else suffering.

And yes, cis women are discriminated against in all those fields. I picked them on purpose. Yes, cis women face challenges in those situations - but trans people face ADDITIONAL challenges cis women do not, based on the fact that they are trans.

The same thing goes for black women vs white women, by the way. They're both women, but the white woman will have privileges the black woman does not.

And so yes, cis women have advantages trans people do not have.

Imagine a cis woman and a trans woman are going to the bathroom in Florida. The cis woman gets to pee; the trans woman is arrested. That is cis privilege. Imagine a cis woman and a trans woman are applying for an apartment. The trans woman is rejected specifically because she's trans, but the cis woman is not. That is cis privilege.

Imagine a trans man and a cis woman both go to the gynecologist. The cis woman goes into the waiting room, is gendered correctly by staff, is not dead named, is not stared at, and is not refused coverage by her insurance because her gender and her sex are congruent and pap smears are considered necessary for females.

The trans man walks in and is told he's in the wrong place. He corrects the staff quietly, informing them he is a trans man. The nurse at the desk looks at his id and his paperwork and deadnames him and misgenders him. He sits down and is given dirty looks while he waits. The nurse calls him back by his dead name a few minutes later. The doctor asks him intrusive and inappropriate questions while performing his pap smear. He finally leaves, relived the ordeal is over. But it's not - because a few weeks later he gets a letter from his insurance. They've denied to cover the procedure because pap smears are for females, and his paperwork says he's male.

A cis woman doesn't have to deal with any of that. That's cis privilege.

[transmascrage]

Happy Pride Month and Happy Italian Republic Day, I hope this makes sense:

I'll add image ID later because making this drained me so much

Anyways, this isn't calling out anyone, it's just something I was thinking about the other day

I mean I was thinking about it because of the whole ''transmascs have it easier/have male privilege'' stone-cold take, but yeah

[chrissy-kaos]

The worst part about being Trans is.. when someone is talking to you and they find every part of you and your life attractive, but then find out your AMAB, and now you're disgusting to them.... makes you feel amazing 😮‍💨

[radfemnacho]

“cis privilege”

I get filled with infinite fury when somebody is trying to tell me that women hold some fucking privilege and opress male people. Especially when some woke idiots from my country really seem to think that. I don’t think it’s reasonable in any part of the world but saying shit like this in a country whose government has banned abortion even in cases of irreversible fetal changes, even though abortion was previously only allowed in cases of police-reported rape and risk of maternal death is especially deluded.

[dontdiejacob666]

Heard abt something transphobic on tik tok and got mad, so have some cisphobic gifs made with the first word gif maker that came up. :)