cissexist
English
Etymology
cis- + sexist or cissex(ual) + -ist
Adjective
cissexist (comparative more cissexist, superlative most cissexist)
- Exhibiting or related to cissexism.
- 2011, Em McAvan, “Rhetorics of Disgust and Indeterminacy in Transphobic Acts of Violence”, in Jes Battis, editor, Homofiles: Theory, Sexuality, and Graduate Studies, Lexington Books, →ISBN, pages 26–27:
- It seems necessary to stress that there is a rather large gulf between the indeterminacy accorded trans subjects by the normative presumptions of cissexist culture and the self-identifications of trans people.
- 2013, Jon Edwards, Luisa Edwards, The Boy Who Was Born a Girl: One Mother’s Unconditional Love for Her Child, Arrow, →ISBN, page 15:
- Indeed, many transgender men use the excuse 'oh, I was such a tomboy when I was younger' in order to validate their gender identity to a cissexist (the belief that the genders of trans people are less legitimate than those of cis gender people) society.
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