Cisfemale vs Ciswoman - What's the difference?
cisfemale | ciswoman | see also |
(of a, person) Being biologically female and identifying as female; being a cisgender .
(LGBT) A cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.
* 2010 , Holly Kearl, Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women , Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-313-38496-7,
Ciswoman is a related term of cisfemale.
As an adjective cisfemale
is being biologically female and identifying as female; being a cisgender female.As a noun ciswoman is
a cisgender woman, a woman who is biologically female.cisfemale
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Adjective
(-)Coordinate terms
* cismaleSee also
* transfemaleciswoman
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(ciswomen)page 57:
- Not only do people harass and attack transwomen for being who they are: transwomen also face scrutiny from both ciswomen and cismen over “what” they are.