Dez: I’m sorry but I don’t see how my comments were cissexist? I just find penises gross and unattractive, whether theyre attached to a cis man or not.
I dont get how its cissexist because i didnt assume anyone was cis? I didnt make fun of cis men i made fun of penises which i think are gross.
And not all men have penises and some trans women/amab nbs don’t have penises either
J: It’s more so blanket statements like that that make people uncomfortable even if you didn’t have trans people in mind
even if you personally find penises gross it’s kind of Ehh to joke about especially since there are some transfem people in chat
Dez: Oh.
Well they can go 41% about it.
J: What?
Dez, why would you make a joke like that.
While finding genitalia gross is completely fine it becomes derogatory in this context. This was brought up in DM’s between Terry/Dez and "J" a long-term friend of 5 years, cautioning against alienating the transfem people they shared a group chat with. J is also trans himself.
“41%” in this context is the false “average trans suicide attempt rate” / and alternatively the false “percentage of trans women in prison that are convicted sex offenders”
This “joke” is commonly said in TERF communities to marginalize trans people and vilify transfem people.