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English
Etymology
Blend of cis + system.
Noun
cistem (plural cistems)
- (LGBTQ, social sciences, neologism) A system or societal structure that privileges cisgender people and marginalizes transgender people.
2017, Nigel Patel, “Violent cistems: Trans experiences of bathroom space”, in Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, volume 31, number 1, page 52:It is this toilet cistem that served to cement the spatially constructed division between man and woman that is still present today.
2019, Kyan Lynch, “The Trans Man and the Warrior Women”, in Transgender Health, volume 4, number 1, page 278:I can think of no better role model for a transgender individual, particularly one looking to tackle the "cistem" of health care.
2022, Kenan Omercajic, “'Basement Boys' in the All-Gender Bathroom: Investigating Student-Inspired Trans-Activism and White Cisgenderist Barriers to Supporting Trans Students in School”, in Teacher College Record, volume 124, number 8, page 229:Capital High’s school culture is seemingly accepting to the LGBTQIA+ population, yet it is also one saturated by a white heteropatriarchal cistem, and continued education and activism are required to combat this.
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