A self-explanatory term that is often used poorly by people who are trying to be progressive. People in this category include cisgender men, transgender women, and any nonbinary people with that specific anatomy. There are very few good uses for this categorization outside of specific medical classifications. Descriptions of the social behavior of people in this category tend to just focus on the behavior of men, and describing them in a way that includes transgender women is transphobic. This term is intended to be a more politically correct alternative to "male-bodied", but somehow manages to be just as bad of a description.
There is nothing wrong with using "men" or "cisgender men" or even "men and masculine people" as an alternative to this term so as to not needlessly include trans women.
There is nothing wrong with using "men" or "cisgender men" or even "men and masculine people" as an alternative to this term so as to not needlessly include trans women.
"I'm sick of how people with penises treat me on dates."
"But you only date men. Don't you mean that you're sick of how men treat you on dates?"
"You're right, I'm sick of how men treat me on dates."
"But you only date men. Don't you mean that you're sick of how men treat you on dates?"
"You're right, I'm sick of how men treat me on dates."
by ladydarkmoon December 19, 2022