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To: markomalley

I don’t know what most of them mean either. What is “cis?”


10 posted on 02/13/2014 3:58:15 PM PST by needmorePaine
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To: needmorePaine

Might be better not to ask......


14 posted on 02/13/2014 3:59:31 PM PST by Politicalkiddo (Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crused it. -M. Twain)
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To: needmorePaine

What is “cis?”

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I’m afraid to ‘google’ it.


16 posted on 02/13/2014 3:59:36 PM PST by Qiviut (It's hard to be a donk if you're sane & it's hard to be a pubbie if you have any integrity.)
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To: needmorePaine

What is “cis?”

I had to look that up too. Apparently, normal people are cissexual (as opposed to transsexual). So, “cis male” means you are a normal male. The problem with this is that by forcing normal people to adopt “cis male” or “cis female”, you are being co-opted into this whole insane mess. People who do facebook (I do NOT) should demand that “male” and “female” be added.


39 posted on 02/13/2014 4:15:39 PM PST by beef (Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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To: needmorePaine; Politicalkiddo; Qiviut
I did Google it, and I'm not sorry, I'm astonished. And you will be too.

"CIS" (cissexual. Shrug) means the "biological sex" matches the "identified sex." IOW, if you are born a man and think of yourself as a man in every way, then you are said to be "CIS." This is revolting to me, because it means "Normal" is considered an applicable label. If you're a guy, you are a "cis-male," not simply "male."

The other labels in the list are just various forms of trans-gender. Imagine anything, it'll work. But putting "Cis" in front of your identity makes their adjustments look good. I have no clue about a lot of them, but I'll be danged if I Google them. "Neutrois?" That one scares me. The only reason I Googled "CIS" was because it was about a third to a half of the list.

Wiki entry.

42 posted on 02/13/2014 4:19:30 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: needmorePaine
It comes from chemical terms. Some molecules are, like, right-handed or left-handed? Meaning there may be two molecules with the same molecular formula, except they look like mirror images, paired left-right. One is called the "cis" form and the other is called the "trans" form of the molecule.

If this is wrong, then I have no idea....

62 posted on 02/13/2014 4:48:02 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.))
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To: needmorePaine
I don’t know what most of them mean either. What is “cis?”

It means "on the same side" and is a term used in chemistry. The opposite of "cis" is "trans." So if you stuck two pieces of tape on one side of a piece of glass, they would be "cis" and if you put one on each side of the glass, they would be "trans."

In terms of gender, I have no clue what that word is supposed to mean. The correct terms for "gender" are "male" and "female."

65 posted on 02/13/2014 4:59:35 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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