[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

It's still trans-related, so therefore an issue.

don't understand it, but ok.
personally don't have a problem with that as it'd be used in trans-related discussions only, I imagine
and it is nicely symetric reminiscent of chemical isomers

Cisgender has its origin in the Latin-derived prefix cis-, meaning "on this side of", which means the opposite of trans-, meaning "across from" or "on the other side of"
wikipedia def.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

don't understand it, but ok.
personally don't have a problem with that as it'd be used in trans-related discussions only, I imagine
and it is nicely symetric reminiscent of chemical isomers

Cisgender has its origin in the Latin-derived prefix cis-, meaning "on this side of", which means the opposite of trans-, meaning "across from" or "on the other side of"
wikipedia def.

Exactly. But if someone is determined to be offended, they'll be offended.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Exactly. But if someone is determined to be offended, they'll be offended.

True.

I had no idea before reading this convo, but it looks like women feel somehow threatened in all this. I don't pretend to undestand why, can only guess.

Could it be that women feel protective of their gender identity and hard fought-for rights and see transgender as another encroachment into their domain by men?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

True.

I had no idea before reading this convo, but it looks like women feel somehow threatened in all this. I don't pretend to undestand why, can only guess.

Could it be that women feel protective of their gender identity and hard fought-for rights and see transgender as another encroachment into their domain by men?

Yes, exactly that. And now I have to accept someone who's been a man for fifty years and decided now's the right time to dress as a woman and tell me I have a new label. Cis.

It's like the media running a story about the first British woman on the front line and what a coup for women. Turned out it was a man, he'd been a man all through his training, all through his service and in Afghanistan decided he wanted to be a woman. That is not the first woman on the front line.

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

True.

I had no idea before reading this convo, but it looks like women feel somehow threatened in all this. I don't pretend to undestand why, can only guess.

Could it be that women feel protective of their gender identity and hard fought-for rights and see transgender as another encroachment into their domain by men?

Finally the penny drops with someone male in this thread.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by jaxie

Finally the penny drops with someone male in this thread.

Switch the genders and this would be infracted for baiting and sexism too.