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Topic	Do you ever think that you might not be cis?
adjl 03/05/20 11:15:45 AM #47:	Kyuubi4269 posted... Just as somebody can be called Dean and somebody can be The Dean, the same scribble can be two different words. That doesn't mean that you should assume the prefix "hydro-" doesn't mean the term has something to do with water. Yes, English is terrible for assigning multiple conflicting meanings to single terms, but basic morphological analysis of an unfamiliar word should follow Occam's Razor: If the new word can be interpreted according to its morphological face value, then that's the most sensible interpretation. Any deviation from that interpretation should be based on further context or explicit clarification, not presuming that it's wrong for no reason. Kyuubi4269 posted... Cis and trans is not applicable to gender "Transsexual" and "transgendered" are well-established medical terms that were coined based on the use of the prefix "trans-" to mean "something else" or "across." That doesn't stop being the case because you decided to say so. Using "cisgendered" as the opposite of "transgendered" simply reflects the use of "cis-" as the opposite of "trans-" in other contexts, a use that is based on the terms' Latin definitions. You can say that it doesn't apply all you want, but if it makes intuitive sense to anyone that understands words, it's a perfectly fine term. Kyuubi4269 posted... particularly when you make claims of gender not being binary. That is an argument that can be (and often is) made in favour of ditching the cis/trans distinction, but the prefix "trans-" doesn't have to imply diametric opposition. You can be transported across the street or you can be transported across the country. The degree of difference is not dictated by the prefix "trans-", but rather by the context. Using "transgendered" to communicate that a person's current gender differs from the one they started with is quite morphologically valid, if not necessarily consistent with most people's immediate interpretation. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:935266176] in Do you eve... [t:78445001]...</cite> <quote>Kyuubi4269 posted... </cite> <quote>Just as somebody can be called Dean and somebody can be The Dean, the same scribble can be two different words.</quote> That doesn't mean that you should assume the prefix "hydro-" doesn't mean the term has something to do with water. Yes, English is terrible for assigning multiple conflicting meanings to single terms, but basic morphological analysis of an unfamiliar word should follow Occam's Razor: If the new word can be interpreted according to its morphological face value, then that's the most sensible interpretation. Any deviation from that interpretation should be based on further context or explicit clarification, not presuming that it's wrong for no reason. Kyuubi4269 posted... </cite> <quote>Cis and trans is not applicable to gender</quote> "Transsexual" and "transgendered" are well-established medical terms that were coined based on the use of the prefix "trans-" to mean "something else" or "across." That doesn't stop being the case because you decided to say so. Using "cisgendered" as the opposite of "transgendered" simply reflects the use of "cis-" as the opposite of "trans-" in other contexts, a use that is based on the terms' Latin definitions. You can say that it doesn't apply all you want, but if it makes intuitive sense to anyone that understands words, it's a perfectly fine term. Kyuubi4269 posted... </cite> <quote>particularly when you make claims of gender not being binary.</quote> That is an argument that can be (and often is) made in favour of ditching the cis/trans distinction, but the prefix "trans-" doesn't have to imply diametric opposition. You can be transported across the street or you can be transported across the country. The degree of difference is not dictated by the prefix "trans-", but rather by the context. Using "transgendered" to communicate that a person's current gender differs from the one they started with is quite morphologically valid, if not necessarily consistent with most people's immediate interpretation. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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