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I am a woman (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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I just wanted to share that you don't have to be "traditionally beautiful" to be considered a woman. I am a woman. I am aware I don't conform to society's vision of a woman. But I am a woman.

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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I appreciate that you're trying to be helpful, but could you edit your comment to change "genetic XX" to "cisgender" or "cis". I understand what you're trying to say, but language equating gender with genetics is not allowed on here. We try and keep this space safe for all transfeminine people, and we are often invalidated by people claiming we aren't truly women because of our chromosomal configuration.

So if you could, please edit the wording. For clarity sake, cisgender means that you are the gender you were assigned at birth. So if when you were born the doctor said that you're a girl and to this day you still identify as a girl/woman, that would make you cisgender.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago*

    I edited it. Not used to talking about this stuff, so I forgot the newer term.

    To be clear, I used XX as an adjective. As in some women are fat, some are thin, some are French, some are XX, some are XY, some are American. I didn't mean to suggest otherwise or cause discomfort

    But now I think of it and if I'm not mistaken, there's also non-trans XX men and non-trans XY women. So besides not using less offensive terminology, I wasn't technically correct either. Some XY women aren't trans. AFAIK it's possible to be cisgender and non-genderconforming. It's all very confusing, nature's like that and always has been, despite most of us being taught to think in binaries from a young age.

    I'm rambling. I'm going to go away now. TLDR: ignore the dickheads. be happy.

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