cissexist

English

Etymology

cis- +‎ sexist or cissex(ual) +‎ -ist

Adjective

cissexist (comparative more cissexist, superlative most cissexist)

1. Exhibiting or related to cissexism.
   • 2007, Julie Serano, Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity‎^[1], Seal Press, →ISBN:

     Living in this extraordinarily cissexist (and oppositionally sexist) world, transsexuals recognize cissexual privilege for what it is: a privilege.

   • 2011, Em McAvan, “Rhetorics of Disgust and Indeterminacy in Transphobic Acts of Violence”, in Jes Battis, editor, Homofiles: Theory, Sexuality, and Graduate Studies, Lexington Books, →ISBN, pages 26–27:

     It seems necessary to stress that there is a rather large gulf between the indeterminacy accorded trans subjects by the normative presumptions of cissexist culture and the self-identifications of trans people.

   • 2013, Jon Edwards, Luisa Edwards, The Boy Who Was Born a Girl: One Mother’s Unconditional Love for Her Child, Arrow, →ISBN, page 15:

     Indeed, many transgender men use the excuse 'oh, I was such a tomboy when I was younger' in order to validate their gender identity to a cissexist (the belief that the genders of trans people are less legitimate than those of cis gender people) society.

Noun

cissexist (plural cissexists)

1. A person who exhibits cissexism.

Synonyms

• transphobe

Translations

Translations

• French: cissexiste (fr)