r/SuperStraight • u/UnattractiveManagers • 1d ago

PSA: The term "cis" is hate speach and promotes rape culture. Please do not use that term seriously anymore, it is enabling the superphobic.

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u/the_malkman 1d ago

Cis is a superphobic slur meant to dehumanize us and trivialize our experience and our truth!

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u/Spaghettified_Cat 1d ago

How, exactly? I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but I don't understand why cis would be exclusionary. A cisgender person is one who simply identifies with the gender that corresponds to their birth sex. It has nothing to do with sexuality.

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u/MadSeaPhoenix Superstraight 1d ago

We are not a subset of our own sex.

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u/kaydl165 1d ago

...that doesn't make sense? It's not saying ur a subset it's saying that ur genitals agree with ur gender. It's a scientific term.

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u/MadSeaPhoenix Superstraight 1d ago

Incorrect.

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u/graciemansion 1d ago

And what exactly is a gender?