'Cis' isn't just made up; it is a hateful slur. It is meant to de-normalize normal people.
That's why Marxists like Ellison love to use it.
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I will never understand all those poeple who just have this weird mortal fear of introspection, self-discovery and examining what it means to be “normal”.
PS:
Dude, I am a proud cisgendered heterosexual/gynophilic male, you don’t see me acting like those (accurate) terms that I use to descibe myself as a “normal” person are toxic slurs…
Besides “normal” just means what the majority is. Being in the minority (aka “abnormal”) does not by definition make you an abomination of nature.
“'Cis' isn't just made up;”
“it is a hateful slur.”
“It is meant to de-normalize normal people.”
“That's why Marxists like Ellison love to use it.”
Grateful Calvin
Does he have a Hobbes?
One of the problems of trying to claim “normal” to mean “cishet” is that the word is very context-dependent, without any clear context it becomes a question of “normal in which sense?” Which can be an issue where precise language is needed, as it requires either repeatedly establishing the context or using awkward constructions. (Also potential self-othering problems with ingroup conversations, but they wouldn’t care about that.) And there’s also the issue that “normal” can imply “boring” or “mediocre” which I’m not sure the gender normalist types would care for.
It’s not completely impossible that “normal” could someday specifically mean cishet, but that’s probably going to take a few generations at least, and I suspect that it will make modern English media a bit confusing.
But really, all this is being generous and assuming the OP isn’t suffering from a case of “equality feels like oppression”.
It is meant to de-normalize normal people
You aren’t normal, OP.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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