What if: cis is a necessary term for a phenomenon, and also, cis is too often described in terms of comfort with gender roles which for cis women especially often doesn't resonate
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I think the problem here comes from the need both sides in this debate have to determine The True Oppressed, and to cast the remaining ppl as The Privileged.
I think, maybe more so than you, that having an understanding of the barriers placed in front of others that you didn't have in front of you can be important. But, I do agree with you that there's this competitive way of applying the concept that is widespread and stupid.
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When did I say I don't think it's important to understand those barriers? What I'm saying is it's unhelpful to conflate the absence of a *specific* barrier with an absence of barriers generally, which too often happens.
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Oh, agreed. I didn't mean to give offense, and obviously I don't know the full extent of your thinking. I was leaving open the possibility of your disagreeing because I know you've had a lot of skeptical things to say about privilege.
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