• Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I’m cis. I’m a cis man with a exclusive sexual interest in cis women. I find the term very helpful to express very clearly who I am and what I want. I can’t imagine being so delicate as to lose my shit over being called cis.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      I find the word as displeasing as some people find ‘moist’, but I’m entitled to an opinion. Am I going to wave a sign around and demonstrate over it despite thinking it was promoted for its potential to upset the victim? Of course not: it’s just a stupid name and I’ve been called far worse by better drill sergeants. There’s a lot of room in there between disliking something and “losing my shit over” it, and it will help respecting others if you understand that.

    • BleatingZombie@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I don’t know why people get so grumpy over the word cis

      If a room has no lights on do you say “this room has a complete absence of light”? Or do you say the room is dark?