Kinsey Hope ([personal profile] recursiveparadox) wrote 2009-08-19 06:01 pm (UTC)

I think it comes down to the difference of describing in a third person, sociological perspective and directly naming someone.

You are a human, of the species Homo sapiens. Whether you would take those names for yourself aren't relevant to the fact that we do need a way to differentiate you from other species in discourse in which such a differentiation would be relevant (for instance, many health concerns of a human are different from health concerns of a snake.)

Much in the same way cisgendered is merely a third person, sociological perspective and not a naming of one. It's just a way to conceptualize the power dynamics in a culture. In the end you're you and I'm me. Those conceptualizations don't change who we are. They just raise concerns about how society functions.

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