Cisprivilege vs Disprivilege - What's the difference?
cisprivilege | disprivilege |
(LGBT, neologism) The social advantage enjoyed by those who are cisgender/cissexual.
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As a noun cisprivilege
is the social advantage enjoyed by those who are cisgender/cissexual.As a verb disprivilege is
to deprive of a privilege or privileges.cisprivilege
English
Noun
(-)Dismantling dominant sexual violence research without using the master's tools", Gay & Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review , Volume 7, Number 2, page 171:
- This particular research begins to engage with the ways in which cisprivilege is bound up with perpetuating violence (see the Cisgender Privilege Checklist; T-Vox, 2007).
trans- bodies in/of war(s): cisprivilege and contemporary security strategy", Feminist Review , Issue 101, July 2012, page 8:
- Cisprivilege means never being asked if you are sure you’re in the right rest-room, never fearing that you’ll spend a night in a jail-cell after a routine traffic stop because your gender performance does not match your ID.
Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference 2012 program, page 32:
- We will start with a basic (and brief) overview of trans-affirmative language, then move towards a discussion of cisprivilege , and end with a discussion of how to make our spaces more inclusive of all genders - from micro-level interactions to macro-level structural change.