Currently having an argument about whether cisgendered people are obsessed by gender. I think this is nuts. We're the ones who don't have to be. Our gender matches our biological sex & no-one questions it.
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The argument is that because cisgendered people set the norms of gender identity & gender performance, we put much energy into this and are intensely focused on it. This doesn't work.
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I don't need to think about being a woman or about femininity very much because everyone accepts I am a woman and that my liking for a feminine appearance is unexceptional.
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Apparently, what I really mean by this is: So...what you’re saying is you’re cis, and you think it’s ok for you to be obsessed with gender because there’s more of you?
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Apparently, I need to accept that I am enforcing my gender norms on trans people by having more common ones. It's irrelevant that I actively promote acceptance of gender-nonconformity.
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I try to be supportive. I really do. I just don't think cis people are generally more obsessed with gender than trans activists because we don't tend to need to think about it that much.pic.twitter.com/5cjuOjEVfC
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