Not unlike mansplaining, Cisplaining is the act of a
cisgender person explaining a
transgenderone of a subject the latter is more knowledgeable in. The word is usually used to describe a situation in which the
cis explains the
trans of a trans-related subject or about a transgender experience, which the cisgender person, being cisgender, has never experienced.
Trans: "I think casting
Scarlett Johansson to a role of a
trans man is a very bad representation because-"
Cis: "Oh, nonsense! Johansson is a great actress, she will be a wonderful representation. So what if she is a woman?"
Trans: "That, right there, was the exact definition of
cisplaining."
