cisgender

adj. having or relating to a gender identity that corresponds to the culturally determined gender roles for one’s birth sex (i.e., the biological sex one was born with). A cisgender man or cisgender woman is thus one whose internal gender identity matches, and presents itself in accordance with, the externally determined cultural expectations of the behavior and roles considered appropriate for one’s sex as male or female. Also called cisgendered. Compare transgender. —cisgenderism n.

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Psychology term of the day

May 10th 2024

paranoid ideation

thought processes involving persistent suspiciousness and beliefs of being persecuted, harassed, or treated unfairly by others.