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Cisgender is a label imposed on people by activists who are obsessed with using the correct words and pronouns where THEY are concerned — trans, demigirl, zhe/zhim/zhereres — but don’t give a shit about using dehumanizing or disagreeable words and labels when it comes to anyone else.

Women are tired of being called ciswomen, menstruators, vulva owners, gestators, etc. They find it dehumanizing, reducing them to discharge and anatomy, and labeling them with an identity they don’t have.

Women and transwomen is a good way to make the distinction. Male and female also works.

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