I genuinely thought this was true in middle school and got confused when my friends didn’t want that (it was still true for me though I’m totally cis you can tell by the way I am)
Yeah, I was pretty much convinced of the same thing while still in school: How could my class mates not want to change their gender? It’s the most amazing thing in the world to do! Who would say no to that?
If it was temporary then sure why not for a day or a week. As a permanent decision with the current level of technology, I don’t see the point at all.
not necessarily for you but for other trans people reading - transition isn’t going to make you cis but it can help a lot of things. at the very least, hormones can potentially provide a lot of mental benefits, even if you won’t get the exact body you want at the end of the day
and, y’know, if they don’t, you can always stop taking them
If this is a joke, I don’t get it. A lot of people don’t really care much about what their gender is
On a surface level, sure, but most cis people never really have to grapple much with their gender identity.
So much this.
It is the very definition of being cis to not understand wanting to be a different gender than the one being assigned at birth. People who are uncomfortable with their assigned gender are not cis.
But many need a while to realize that other people do not feel the way they do.
Depends on what grapple means. Very few want to be a different gender than they were born, but practically everybody has been told to behave differently because “boys do X” or “girls do Y”. People just want to do whatever their interests predispose them to do or express themselves in some specific way that society often deems wrong. So yeah I haven’t ever really “wanted to be a girl” ever but a million times I wish people would leave me the fuck alone when they think I’m not being a man correctly.
practically everybody has been told to behave differently because “boys do X” or “girls do Y”.
I wish people would leave me the fuck alone when they think I’m not being a man correctly.
This is what I mean by ‘on a surface level.’
Oppositional sexism demands that those born in male bodies do masculine things, and those born in female bodies do feminine things. In other words it demands that everybody, not just those who are trans, conform to socially expected performances of gender.
However, cis people are afforded the security in feeling that their birth gender is the one that is ‘correct’ for them.
Cis people largely feel gender entitlement (projecting one’s own perception of gender onto other people, and privileging those perceptions over the way others understand themselves), hence:
A lot of people don’t really care much about what their gender is
Trans people do not get this privilege. Trans people face the same oppositional sexism that cis people do (that all people that exhibit exceptional gender expressions do), as well as having to face cis people’s gender entitlement being pushed onto them.
All this to say the joke is that the subject of the meme is in denial about their transness, and they are assuming that everybody feels the same way. The meme is a transfem centered meme- cis people may not get the joke; however many people DO care about their gender identity, but some identities are privileged over others.
Most cis people are cis people. Like, that’s the definition of it, right?
Yeah, but society at large has issues with exceptional gender expressions.
Cis people can struggle with their own gender identity when other cis people force expectations onto them.
The difference is that cis people don’t have to assert a gender different from what they were assigned at birth.
i legitimately believe this ~still cis tho~
I want to be treated like a girl in certain situations. But I’m keeping my cock n balls. 😤
Sorry, nope. Do not want.
Specifically, do not want the following:
- menstruation, cramps, PMS etc
- beauty and dress standards
- condescension
- social expectations of conduct
- lower pay and sometimes a hostile work environment (can go for anyone depending on the job - see male nurses)
- clothing without pockets - you can take my cargo pants from my cold dead hands.
Do want (but does not in any way make up for above):
- more colors and patterns in my clothes
- giving birth is kinda cool
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