I get it.

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 I'm running on maybe an hour of sleep total because... well, I don't know but I didn't sleep. I was reading all of these awesome posts on gender and sex issues--awesome in that they were eye-opening, their contents ran the gamut of emotions--and I came across this one. The writer self-identifies as a cisgendered female, even though she is FAAB intersex. Her reasoning is thus: since she is societally perceived as a cisgendered female, she is placed in a position of privilege over someone who is perceived as intersex, and she intends to recognize and own this privilege--not because it puts her at an advantage, but because she feels responsible for it. She makes an interesting point about the difference between identifying as cis and possessing cis privilege. "A white person does not have white privilege because they identify as white," she says, "[. . .] but because they are perceived and experienced as white."

Well, there you have it. I identify as white (even though I check the "Other" or "Bi-racial" box) because I am societally perceived as such, and feel responsible for the privilege I possess. White guilt, right? That helped me realize why I'm so hesitant to claim the label "genderqueer" for myself. Nobody will ever point me out as genderqueer, though I might fit the label, and I will most likely always be perceived as a cis female. Cis privilege=cis guilt, I guess. Beh.

Okay, just had to get that minor revelation out there.

I'm hungry.