What are cis and trans alternate types of? I don’t think it’s “gender identity” because wouldn’t that just be man, woman or nonbinary regardless of whether they’re cis or trans? Cis/trans just being a qualifier?

If the answer is “I am cis” or “I am trans”, what is the question?

Edit: Someone came up with the term “gender congruity” and (after looking up the definition of “congruity”) I think this describes what I’m talking about perfectly.

  • RustledTeapot
    3•1 year ago

    You might not believe in the social construct at birth, but the social construct believes in you. Children are treated differently based on assigned gender from birth.

    • GaryPonderosa
      0•1 year ago

      Now that I think about it, you’re right. If you’re a male, you get swaddled and handed to your mother, but if you’re female, you get swaddled and handed to your mother.

        • GaryPonderosa
          0•1 year ago

          You’re right. No one has ever swaddled a baby, certainly not often enough that we have a specific word for it. It stands to reason no one has ever handed a baby to their mother either.

          • @StarManta@lemmy.world
            2•1 year ago

            I’m like 80% certain that you’re trolling and no one could be this thick, but just in case: I’m talking about the sex of the baby determining which parent the baby is handed to. That is what is not a thing.

          • Awerenj Dragon
            2•1 year ago

            Explain to me how being killed at birth depending on sex is not a valid response to your completely incorrect and ignorant statement that babies are treated the same irrespective of sex.

            • GaryPonderosa
              1•1 year ago

              Explain to me how you saw a link covering literal and figurative language and still decided to ask such an ignorant question.

              • Awerenj Dragon
                1•1 year ago

                So now you are just being a coward and claiming that you were just speaking figuratively while desperately trying to derail a conversation you were too ignorant to participate in?

                Ok, I accept your concession.

                • GaryPonderosa
                  0•1 year ago

                  I was speaking figuratively when I said all babies are swaddled. You decided to chime in with an irrelevant AkShEwAlLy, so claiming I’m too ignorant to participate in the conversation is very much a case of the pot calling the kettle black. I accept you lack the capacity as a person to admit you were wrong and concede, so instead I bid you good day and hope that someday someone better than you will inspire you to become better yourself.

          • Awerenj Dragon
            2•1 year ago

            Depending on the country, really really early. e.g. - in India its illegal to disclose the sex of the fetus to the parents/family because of high female infanticide.

            In-laws, the father, and many times even the mother will want a son to carry on the family name instead of a daughter who will be married off to some other family (with the cost of marriage and dowry). And it was quiet common for the fetus to be aborted if it was female. The situation has improved a bit today, but gerl children are still treated very poorly is many parts of the country.

            Of course, girls here are treated a million times better than trans folk here. 90% of them (hijra community) are beggars on the streets/trains.