#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" :)

#actual lesbians #lesbians #lesbian pride #transgender #mtf #male to female #trans #transbian #trans woman #trans feminine #trans femme #radical feminism #radical feminists please touch #radical feminists do interact #radblr #bisexual #bi #cisgender #cis privilege #gender critical #feminism

[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

#also the bathrooms in your own home #like dude. do y'all have bathrooms for girls and boys in your HOME??? #trans bathrooms #cis privilege #gender #trans #deyjah talking

[she-is-ovarit]

The belief that excluding male ("AMAB") people from feminism hurts male people is connected to the male supremacist, MRA belief in female privilege.

The belief that excluding male ("AMAB") people from the definition of "lesbian" and therefore the lesbian dating pool hurts male people is connected to the male supremacist, MRA belief in female privilege. And the incel-driven belief that female people's sexual boundaries and definitions are "bad".

The idea that female people have "cis privilege" on the axis of some subjective perception of identity is directly related to the male supremacist, MRA belief in female privilege.

"Female privilege" is an anti-feminist belief.

There is no such thing as female privilege.

#LGB #feminism #intersectional feminism #LGBTQ #queer community #queer #trans #transgender #gender critical #radical feminism #gay rights #lesbian rights #lesbophobia #homophobia #sexism #misogyny #AMAB #AFAB #cis #cis privilege #oppression #privilege #human rights #social justice #social issues #trans women

[hadeantaiga]

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.

#cis privilege #yes cis women you are privileged #intersectional feminism #feminism #trans feminism #transmasc feminism #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

#lgbtq #transmasc #transandrophobia #lgbtq community #transunitism #transmisoginy #cis passing privilege #cis privilege

[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 😮‍💨

#trans problems #this life sucks #transgender #transisbeautiful #trans #trans pride #transgirl #mtf hrt #this is what trans looks like #mtf #girlslikeus #im trans #maletofemale #transformation #girls like us #tgirlsrock #tgirlsdoitbetter🌈 #tgirls are better #cis people suck #cis privilege #actually trans #pre op mtf #mtf positivity #trans positivity #lgbtq positivity #lgbtqiia+ #transwomen #mtf trans #trans femme #trans fem

[brokenfoxproductions]

I'm kinda over teenagers and TERFs trying to troll me about how I don't have the societal privileges y'all have, and trying to act like I'm insulting people who have privilege. I more just think it's ridiculous that people don't know how much privilege they have and act like it's universal, but then they get offended and mad at people who don't have those privileges. So I really want to spell this out for people.

If you didn't escape an abuser who was trying to kill you, you are more privileged than me. You have less trauma and you've had safety to grow from. Other people don't always have that.

if you aren't disabled in multiple ways, you have more privilege than me. You can function without worrying about your next seizure, dislocation, or autoimmune flare up putting you in the hospital. You have never had to stop doing something you enjoy for your health. Other people don't have that privilege.

If you have any financial assistance, you have more privilege than me. If you can apply for assistance online using an app like compass, you have more privilege than me. I can't use the internet to apply for things like food stamps because my mom changed my legal name as a baby and fucked up my social security numbers. I have two and neither works on compass. People who are members of native tribes sometimes also have trouble applying in general, not just my family. Immigrants have trouble applying. The blind have to apply in person or with help over the phone. Not everyone has the ability to apply for things the same way you do.

If you don't have to pay for over $1,000 in out of pocket medical expenses so you don't die of a head injury during a seizure, you are more privileged than me. I can't even afford it so my seizures break through and I have constant muscle tics and spasms. Some people have to spend a lot more than I do on medication, mobility aids, and home health care. If you don't, you should be thankful. Not everyone can live without medication.

If you don't have a spinal cord injury that's affected your ability to walk for the past 18 years, you're more privileged than me. If you've never needed a wheelchair, walker, and you've never been paralyzed, you have more privilege than me. Not everyone has the ability to walk wherever they want without pain (or at all!). If you can, you have more opportunities than I do.

If you're straight or cis, you have more privilege than me. I'm not going to get into it, but since people keep being transphobic about this, yeah. Y'all are literally oblivious to the opportunities that are taken from people just because they're visibly queer.

If you're fully white you have more privilege than me, because even though I'm white passing, because I'm not fully white and I can't pretend I am in my daily life. You don't have to deal with the generational trauma or the societal implications of being mixed, especially being half native American. I'm either told that "all the Indians died" and told that I'm not allowed to talk about my culture, I'm fetishized because "ooh native people are so exotic!", or I'm told to go the fuck back to a reservation despite the fact that the only family I have on a rez are my third cousins in Ontario. Y'all don't get told to go back to Ireland, you don't understand what it's like to not have white privilege or to have it revoked the second you speak.

If you're Christian, you have more privilege than me. Especially in America. You're seen as the default and some of you purposely other those of different faiths.

If you have a highschool or college degree, you have more privilege than me, especially because I was forced to drop out and get my GED because of my health problems. I've been able to get accepted to college for a business degree but I couldn't have attended without having to space out my classes over an extra year to accommodate my appointments, surgeries, and work. Unlike what a lot of people think, not every American is able to live with their parents and have no bills while attending college. Some of us have been working since we were 16, even though we're disabled, because we don't have people who can pay for our bills and house us like that.

If you have two living parents you have more privilege than me. I keep mentioning that it seems like a lot of people who live with their parents bitch about not having privilege when they clearly do, but on top of that, at least y'all have living parents. My mom's alive but she hasn't been healthy enough to care for me since I was little. I went from foster care to living on my own at 16, and my dad died around the same time, so I don't even have him to talk to, let alone support me. If you have both your parents, you have more privilege than those of us who don't.

None of this is to make people feel bad for having these things that I don't, it's merely to point out that yes, these things make you more privileged than others. Not everyone has the luxuries you take for granted, like supportive parents, good health, and freedom to do what you want. If you have these privileges, instead of trolling/insulting/threatening/harassing me and others less privileged than you (and filling my ask box with racism and transphobia) Maybe actually just be fucking thankful?

Or if you want to do something, if you feel that bad, actually help someone in a worse situation than you. I'm not asking you to give me money or anything, but like.... Donate to your local food bank? Donate to clothing drives? Actually do something instead of being a prick....?

#privilege #white privilege #straight privilege #cis privilege #passing privilege #health privilege #lgbtqia #actually disabled #actually abused #actually chronically ill #actually neurodivergent #poverty #ehlers danlos syndrome #spinal cord injury #abuse #discourse

[bibibitchery]

idk, it might just be me, but when i try to talk to (mostly white/cis) people about serious issues (race, gender, sexuality, literal genocide, etc), and they say that things like this trigger their anxiety/depression, i feel like it’s kind of an active demonstration of privilege. don’t get me wrong, i can totally understand needing a small break to check in with your mental health, but the people who these issues effect don’t get a break. this is just life for them. if you’re tired of hearing about war, racism, heterosexism, transphobia, or other social issues, imagine how the people in the war feel; imagine how people of color feel; imagine how gay people feel; imagine how trans people feel. if you’re tired, they’re tired.

feel free to reblog with your perspectives!

#idk #white privilege #male privilege #cis privilege #straight privilege #free palestine #socioeconomic disparities

[silly-centipede]

How do I explain to my friends that just because my pronouns contain he/him doesn’t mean they can ignore the it/its in my pronouns because they’re “not used to it”

#cis people #cis privilege #cis people give me a migraine #it/he #it/its #agender boy #agender #agender pain #nonbinary #nb stuff #why are cis people such ass hats about pronouns #it/its pronouns #neopronouns #neopronouns pain #trans rights #trans issues #AFGSGDGEGGEH #i’m dying

[sir-klauz]

the white cishets coming back with intelligent information like: “but I know queer people who say they don’t experience hate that bad though” when responding to a queer friend who’s speaking up about experiencing discriminatory hate and assault, or “people should speak up about discrimination or they’re perpetuating it” in response to someone speaking up about discrimination, or “1 black friend said I could say the n word so I will call you it” etc.

#sarcasm #the cishets are at it again #the straights are at it again #white privilege #the straights are not okay #straight privilege #cis privilege #straight people #homophobia #ignorance #transphobia #racism #check your privilege #privilege #lgbt rights #lgbtqia #lgbt #black lives are human lives #black lives matter #BLM #racial slurs #racial equality

[liz-notes]

trying to do more wip (work in progress), random, off the cuff stuff.

because I have so many thoughts and they always remain in draft form.

working toward the dream to “die empty”. get it out, even if it’s shit. share the draft that might never get touched up.

I process so many ideas every day. I want there to be at least a little bit of a record of some of them.

this note was me thinking about privilege, centering. the idea of what it means to check all the boxes.

white. male. straight. cis. able-bodied. neurotypical. christian. etc.

they don’t make you bad. but they do make you vulnerable. vulnerable to a very warped sense of reality.

note from mcdonald’s parking lot.

#cis privilege #white privilege #male privilege #straight privilege #christian privilege #empathy #worldview

[quiggel]

Being a white cishet able bodied neurotypical man doesn’t automatically make you an asshole, it just enhances the probability that if you *are* an asshole people will still be on your side.

#privilege #uhhh idk what to tag this as #white privilege #can I talk about white privilege while being white?? #cis privilege #male privilege #yeah idk #just thoughts

[feminist-fog]

It’s so tempting to make a fake “transandr0ph0bia is real” blog and just copy-paste t3rf posts and watch how many of these misogynistic men agree with it. seriously i will read a post by a tmra and a t3rf and cannot tell the difference since both of them just hate transfems and think they are the epitome of evil when in reality they just don’t want to face their privilege.

#cis privilege #tme privilege #transmisogyny #feminist #feminism #trans inclusive feminism #anti terf #anti swerf #queer #trans women are women #vent ish #tmra #anti tmra

[snail-is-wired]

Hey uh just because you personally don't see the advantages of something, doesn't mean they aren't there, usually it means you are surrounded by people who echo your thoughts and feelings and you've never had to face that particular type of adversity

#this is about all types of privilege #white privilege #thin privilege #growing up rich #cis privilege #straight privilege #lgbtqia+ #lgbt #racism #fatphobia

[jakeperalta]

the taylor swift ai porn issue is such a bleak reminder of how inescapable the horrors of misogyny are. like obviously there's the talk of sort of "celebrity problems" like treatment by the tabloids etc, but beyond that there's just the constant heinous shit that women seemingly cannot escape no matter what. it doesn't matter that she (as well as other female celebrities) is extremely rich and famous and successful and has basically as much privilege and power as it is possible for any person to have, ultimately that's still not enough to escape the revenge porn and sexual assault and stalking and harassment. like there is literally no level of power a woman can have that puts her out of reach of all the men who hate women and want to control and humiliate and subjugate us in any way they can.

#with the obvious addition that if you do not hold these privileges of being rich/white/able bodied/straight/cis etc etc then it's even worse #(which is why even someone who hates taylor with their entire being should still root for her in situations like this. #because if someone with all of her power and resources and privilege can't fight something like this then what kind of hope is there for #any other random woman or girl who faces the same thing.) #talking

[nonbinarymlm]

The thing is, most people (in the US and Western countries at least, that’s where my experience is from) have some forms of privilege some forms of oppression. This isn’t saying everyone is equally oppressed and privileged, but most people have privilege in at least one way and oppression in at least one way.

And if you experience oppression in some ways and privilege, it’s much easier to see your oppression then you privilege.

Privilege is largely invisible to those who have it. Oppression grates against you all the time. So it’s much easier to see the forms of oppression you experience then the forms of privilege.

That’s why it’s so important for us all to listen to each other and not play Oppression Olympics. You can face very real oppression that really affects your life, and still learn a lot from other people who face other forms of oppression that you don’t. We have to listen to each other. In the queer community especially I think this is important, because there’s so many different ways to be oppressed and to be privileged.

#oppression #privilege #lgbtq #intersectionality #inter community discussion #discussion #discourse #homophobia #transphobia #racism #classism #intersexism #etc etc #white queers #cis gays #male privilege #white privilege #able-bodied privilege #and many more #thoughts #loving queue