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Originally Posted by Jamie89
"Cis woman" is purely meant as a way of differentiating from "trans woman", its not a further categorisation or a means of taking anyhing away, it's just to make the conversation easier to understand - I'd only use it in a conversation about trans people and it's only used so as to identify who is being referred to, there's nothing else intended and it's certainly not to be taken offensively. It's the same as if it were a conversation about race and the terms "black woman" or "white woman" were used to discuss differences, compared to "cis woman" or "trans woman". Yes I don't think we'll agree [emoji23] but I felt that should be clarified as the use of that word often gets misinterpreted.
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I shouldn't need further categorisation. I'm a woman, India is a trans woman. Can I ask do you call non trans men cis men?