cissexual

Benjamin Barrett gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM
Tue Jun 10 17:56:19 UTC 2014


I have no idea what your comment means. Is this some new conversational or media trend? Does it have to do with cissexuality? BB

On Jun 10, 2014, at 9:04 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Ever notice how the most interesting thing about people nowadays is who
> they like to do it with and why?
>
> JL
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:25 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
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>> Poster:       Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM>
>> Subject:      Re: cissexual
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>> A little difficult to follow, but to use the idea of a grid I proposed in
>> my e-mail today titled "Cishet and Q permutations," I read these terms as
>> simply using only one variable for sex or gender (plus additional verbiage
>> for personal history).
>>
>> Writing out my grid (formatted for e-mail) with A meaning matching the
>> self and B not:
>>
>> Straight, cissexual, cisgender person:
>> O (sexual orientation) = B
>> S = A
>> G = A
>>
>> (That is, a straight person's sexual orientation does not match their sex
>> or gender because they have a sexual preference for someone of a different
>> sex/gender.)
>>
>> Gay, cissexual, cisgender person:
>> O =  A
>> S = A
>> G = A
>>
>> Bisexual, cissexual, cisgender person:
>> O = A, B
>> S = A
>> G = A
>>
>> Intersexual, cissexual, cisgender person:
>> O = A
>> S = A, B (or A > B as intersexuality does not come 50-50)
>> G = A
>>
>> Serano's terms I believe are simply single-variable terms in such a grid:
>> Cissexual person:
>> S = A
>>
>> Cisgender person:
>> G = A
>>
>> For third and fourth genders, the letters C and D could be utilized.
>>
>> Benjamin Barrett
>> Formerly of Seattle, WA
>>
>> Learn Ainu! https://sites.google.com/site/aynuitak1/videos
>>
>> On Jun 9, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Wikipedia:
>>>
>>> "Julia Serano has defined *cissexual* as 'people who are not transsexual
>>> and who have only ever experienced their mental and physical sexes as
>> being
>>> aligned', while cisgender is a slightly narrower term for those who do
>> not
>>> identify as transgender (a larger cultural category than the more
>> clinical
>>> transsexual)."
>>>
>>> Got that?
>>>
>>> JL
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