Comments on: More on the Cis http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/07/02/more-on-the-cis/ helen boyd's journal of gender & trans issues Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Adrien http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/07/02/more-on-the-cis/comment-page-1/#comment-62009 Adrien Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:57:47 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=8510#comment-62009 That is such a good point. I know I forget that people don't spend their whole lives thinking about this stuff! They have to go through their own process before they can even talk about it like we do. That is such a good point. I know I forget that people don’t spend their whole lives thinking about this stuff! They have to go through their own process before they can even talk about it like we do.

]]> By: helenboyd http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/07/02/more-on-the-cis/comment-page-1/#comment-61989 helenboyd Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:34:22 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=8510#comment-61989 agreed, JH. i'm just saying that the response is really predictable, & you just have to wait for people to swallow their pride sometimes before you can get the message across. i teach this stuff in a 10-week term, & it's nearly at the end of term that people start to feel comfortable owning their own privilege. agreed, JH. i’m just saying that the response is really predictable, & you just have to wait for people to swallow their pride sometimes before you can get the message across.

i teach this stuff in a 10-week term, & it’s nearly at the end of term that people start to feel comfortable owning their own privilege.

]]> By: whatsername http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/07/02/more-on-the-cis/comment-page-1/#comment-61987 whatsername Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:21:36 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=8510#comment-61987 <i>Most people’s lives are hard, so it’s unlikely anyone wants to hear how much less hard his/her life is because s/he is male / white / rich / educated / physically abled / cis.</i> Yes but, as a white cis heterosexual middle class woman... it's vitally important that we do hear the difference between our life experience and those of others. We might not want to hear it, but we need to... Most people’s lives are hard, so it’s unlikely anyone wants to hear how much less hard his/her life is because s/he is male / white / rich / educated / physically abled / cis.

Yes but, as a white cis heterosexual middle class woman… it’s vitally important that we do hear the difference between our life experience and those of others. We might not want to hear it, but we need to…

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