jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 29 days agoTed Cruz falsely calls 2 cis teen girls “boys” in desperate search for trans athletes to demonizewww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1521arrow-down17cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1514arrow-down1external-linkTed Cruz falsely calls 2 cis teen girls “boys” in desperate search for trans athletes to demonizewww.lgbtqnation.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 29 days agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up26·28 days agoOnce again the people who can “always tell” misgender people, this time because they are women who are… Good at sports.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·28 days agoIsn’t that idea in and of itself a little sexist?
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·28 days agoExactly. It’s not enough to be Cisgender, you have to be feminine or masculine enough by obeying the gender roles assigned to you at birth. “You were born under the sign of the Vagina, so you must be pretty, like baking, and bad at sports, otherwise you will be outcast.”
Once again the people who can “always tell” misgender people, this time because they are women who are… Good at sports.
Isn’t that idea in and of itself a little sexist?
Exactly. It’s not enough to be Cisgender, you have to be feminine or masculine enough by obeying the gender roles assigned to you at birth.
“You were born under the sign of the Vagina, so you must be pretty, like baking, and bad at sports, otherwise you will be outcast.”