I had the pleasure of learning about the term "cis" in 1997.
I was at an inservice for University of Chicago Hospital nurse administrators given by a "sexologist" Scare quotes here- because come on, a sexologist?
Anyway, we got to see lots of slides showing post-up fake penises, which were god awful. Then she put a ton of dildos in the middle of the table, just to show what's out there. We were instructed to talk to our elderly female patients about their masturbation needs and to suggest dildos with hand hold suitable for arthritic hands.
Yeah, I didn't do that.
Along with the cis terminology, we were told that we should refer to ourselves as "natal women" to distinguish ourselves from just "women", who can apparently be men.
I first heard about cis people in 2012 on Jezebel. People were talking about cis women. Took me awhile to get it
I had the pleasure of learning about the term "cis" in 1997.
I was at an inservice for University of Chicago Hospital nurse administrators given by a "sexologist" Scare quotes here- because come on, a sexologist?
Anyway, we got to see lots of slides showing post-up fake penises, which were god awful. Then she put a ton of dildos in the middle of the table, just to show what's out there. We were instructed to talk to our elderly female patients about their masturbation needs and to suggest dildos with hand hold suitable for arthritic hands.
Yeah, I didn't do that.
Along with the cis terminology, we were told that we should refer to ourselves as "natal women" to distinguish ourselves from just "women", who can apparently be men.