Anonymous Although women obviously face oppression, cis privilege includes women because women aren't being oppressed for being trans. Saying cis privilege doesn't exist for women is like saying white women don't have white privilege bc they face sexism.

Then riddle me this: what privileges do women gain for being “cis”? If being cis means being a female woman, then what you are saying is that women have female privilege. There is no privilege in being a woman, so how could a woman have cis privilege? You don’t automatically get “cis privilege” because you’re not trans - if there is no privilege to be gained by your sex or “gender identity”, then what privileges do you have over trans people? Your argument is like saying that a person with autism has autism privilege because they don’t have ADHD.

Trans people are oppressed because of misogyny. Why else do you think trans people would be mistreated? They’re oppressed because in some way or another they are, or resemble, women. Trans women are oppressed because they’re seen as men who step down the hierarchy ladder to that of a lesser being (ie women) and trans men are oppressed because they try to be a part of the boys club they have no natural right to (all this according to the Patriarchy).

And lastly, it’s not the same thing as saying they don’t have white privilege. Race and sex isn’t on the same axis, but sex and gender is.

- Pi