# Are you cissexist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2017, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438 "2017-08-23T07:32:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/21 "2017-08-23T18:06:15Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > And while we are at it, isn’t calling that huge lump on the vlogger’s throat an “Adam’s Apple” sissexist? I hereby declare that it should be called a “Resident of Eden’s Apple.” That’s a very Abrahamic-centric observation. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/22 "2017-08-23T18:42:25Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > The only definition I could give to that term would be if you thought cis gendered people were inferior to trans people. You were sexist against cis people, in other words. Could it be more along the lines of “cis privilege”… as in since we are the “default” it does not register with us how it may seem to impose upon others? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/23 "2017-08-23T18:43:32Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > That’s like the women should be wymen thing that no one pushes anymore. [Nobody](https://www.google.com/search?q=hxstory)? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/24 "2017-08-23T18:52:43Z")
> [@Gus\_Gusterson](#): > > \*\* Demisexual - you only feel sexual attraction to someone with whom you have a strong emotional connection. This is completely normal and many people are like this. But now it has a label so people who are otherwise perfectly average can feel special. For as long as I can remember the message has been just the opposite; if it feels good, do it, it doesn’t mean anything, it’s just sex. Against that attitude, demisexuals do need a way to distinguish themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/25 "2017-08-23T19:01:41Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > I’m a progressive feminist academic, and _I_ think many of the articles at Everyday Feminism are completely daft. I shudder to think how they go over in circles where people make a sport of mocking feminism. Yeah, I agree. It’s navel gazing and virtue signalling to the point of self parody. Fortunately, the writers of that blog have no control over you and you shouldn’t pay them any mind on this subject or any other subject. Read the article for a laugh, and date who you want. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/26 "2017-08-23T19:07:27Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > For as long as I can remember the message has been just the opposite; if it feels good, do it, it doesn’t mean anything, it’s just sex. I can think of a small group that’s been pushing the opposite message. I think their name is Every Major Religion in the World. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/27 "2017-08-23T19:21:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > For as long as I can remember the message has been just the opposite; if it feels good, do it, it doesn’t mean anything, it’s just sex. Against that attitude, demisexuals do need a way to distinguish themselves. > [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I can think of a small group that’s been pushing the opposite message. I think their name is Every Major Religion in the World. Yeah, the higher-ups can push whatever message they want. In the U.S. at least, the number of people who actually follow that message (even among members of those religions) seems to be pretty small. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/28 "2017-08-23T19:27:18Z")
I prefer to be referred to as a “manvestite”. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/29 "2017-08-23T19:27:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **manson1972** : > > I’m not seeing what is wrong with saying “I don’t care what gender you are, if you have a penis, then I’m not dating you because I’m not into penii (or penises or whatever)” For the record, the standard English plural is “penises”, and the standard Latin plural (which is also acceptable in English, if you treat “penis” as a loanword) is “penes”. “Penii”, if it exists, is the Latin plural of “penius”, whatever that means. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/30 "2017-08-23T19:53:17Z")
I’m so glad I’m married and don’t have to deal with dating anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/31 "2017-08-23T20:19:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > “penius”, whatever that means. It’s clearly the singular form of the Latin loanword penii! And by Latin loanword, I mean made up word that people use incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/32 "2017-08-23T20:42:00Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > “Penii”, if it exists, is the Latin plural of “penius”, whatever that means. Perhaps it is a portmanteau of a genius with a penis? (As in - what they can do with it, rather than in possession of one. You’re welcome.) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/33 "2017-08-23T20:44:45Z")
Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/34 "2017-08-23T20:52:33Z")
Some person who looked like a woman flirted with me and I responded. I later found out it was a guy. I’m still kind of queasy about the whole thing. Does that make cissexist? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/35 "2017-08-23T21:07:31Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Some person who looked like a woman flirted with me and I responded. I later found out it was a guy. I’m still kind of queasy about the whole thing. Does that make cissexist? I dunno, but it’s kind of a weird reaction, don’tcha think? It was fun at the time to flirt, probably; no diseases were transmitted, nor obligations incurred. So what? I mean, I’d get the queasiness if you found out that “it” was a fourteen-year-old. But not finding out that “it” was a guy. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/36 "2017-08-23T21:56:49Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > What can I say? I prefer for my man to have a penis. :o Well, what’s your lower limit? And if we went to a BTTF marathon, would you be okay with me buying the popcorn? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/37 "2017-08-23T22:54:58Z")
Ugh. "Everyday Feminism"makes me cringe as a woman and a “somewhat” feminist. They’re the epitome of a solution in search of a problem. It’s just one big Oppression Olympics jerk fest. (And after watching a good many of Riley Dennis’s videos, I think she’s simply batshit and just wants to lay a guilt trip on anyone who’s ever rejected her for ANY reason) ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/38 "2017-08-23T23:25:37Z")
There are very few instances in which the content of your pants matters, but I’d think actual genital-related activity would be one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/39 "2017-08-24T09:25:55Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Well, what’s your lower limit? And if we went to a BTTF marathon, would you be okay with me buying the popcorn? Good question. Of course! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438/40 "2017-08-24T11:07:20Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I’m so glad I’m married and don’t have to deal with dating anymore. You just know someone will object to that statement as an expression of wed privilege. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-cissexist/794438.md?page=3)