2 posts tagged gender noncoformity

11 Cisgender Privileges You Didn't Know You Had

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Basil Soper lists 11 cisgender privileges over at Buzzfeed:

  1. Bathroom Safety
  2. Freedom of “Passing”
  3. Your Boundaries Are By and Large Respected
  4. Your Name Isn’t Questioned
  5. You Are Generally Safe in Sex-Segregated Spaces
  6. Your I.D. Won’t Cause You Trouble
  7. You Get To See Yourself Represented Everywhere
  8. You Don’t Have to Face Potential Transphobia When Making Friends
  9. Murder, Harassment, and Physical Harm
  10. Your Body Parts Don’t Aren’t Forced to Be Front and Center When Dating
  11. It’s Easier for You to Financially Support Yourself

Read the whole article here!

Illustration by ojogabonitoo.

Most people know that women and women represent a mix of traits, abilities, temperaments that go across gender lines. However, as soon as they start talking about what women and men are supposed to do, they forget all about that. Suddenly men are...

Most people know that women and women represent a mix of traits, abilities, temperaments that go across gender lines. However, as soon as they start talking about what women and men are supposed to do, they forget all about that. Suddenly men are from Mars and women are from Venus, boys don’t cry and girls are weak and timid.

Every time someone says anything like this, let us remind them.

(Thanks to L.A. Le for input to this one!)