not-really
- Karma
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0. So, the amount of people that would find the word “cis” to be an insult is vanishingly small. So small that what might be considered nuance in this context is beyond the scope of what defines the word nuance.
The reason it’s as small a group of people as it is, is because first, you’d have encounter someone trans. There are few trans people one might happen upon, outside of dense urban cores. To say one in a thousand is padding the density distributed across the suburban population.
Second, you’d have to locate a trans individual advertising (or attempting to advertise) a clearly determined gender of some kind.
Third, you’d have to interact with this person.
Fourth, you’d have antagonize them. More often than not, inviting problems for yourself.
Fifth, after introducing conflict, you’d have to know that “cis” is viewed as a counter-slur by in-group trans people.
Sixth, you’d have to interpret the context...
So, the amount of people that would find the word “cis” to be an insult is vanishingly small. So small that what might be considered nuance in this context is beyond the scope of what defines the word nuance. The reason…