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*still* reading Whipping Girl
Jul. 10th, 2010 07:30 pm"Not only do these 'transexual-as-assimilationist' accusations blatantly dismiss transsexual perspectives, but they are also unabashedly cissexist in other ways. They erase the existence of the many transsexuals who are unrelenting feminist and queer activists,and hold those transsexuals who do identify as heterosexual feminine women and masculine men more accountable for gender-based oppression than the overwhelming majority of cissexual people who identify the same way."
[also? seriously one of your interests is gender and you've never heard the term cis* before? wth?]
"Because these scholars have not had to live with the
reality of gender dissonance, they are afforded the luxury of intellectualizing
away subconscious sex, thus allowing them to project their own interests or
biases onto trans people."
"However many of these same cissexuals also assume that they are infallible in their ability to assign genders to other people, they can develop an overactive sense of cissexual gender entitlement. This goes beyond a sense of self-ownership regarding their own gender, and broaches territory in which they consider themselves to be the ultimate arbiters of which people are allowed to call themselves man/woman."
"The tactic of trans-facsimilation is evident in the regularity with which cissexuals use words such as 'emulate,' 'imitate,' 'mimic,' and 'impersonate' when describing transsexual gender identities and expression."
[also? seriously one of your interests is gender and you've never heard the term cis* before? wth?]
"Because these scholars have not had to live with the
reality of gender dissonance, they are afforded the luxury of intellectualizing
away subconscious sex, thus allowing them to project their own interests or
biases onto trans people."
"However many of these same cissexuals also assume that they are infallible in their ability to assign genders to other people, they can develop an overactive sense of cissexual gender entitlement. This goes beyond a sense of self-ownership regarding their own gender, and broaches territory in which they consider themselves to be the ultimate arbiters of which people are allowed to call themselves man/woman."
"The tactic of trans-facsimilation is evident in the regularity with which cissexuals use words such as 'emulate,' 'imitate,' 'mimic,' and 'impersonate' when describing transsexual gender identities and expression."
