Meanings
plural women-born-women · alternative womyn-born-womyn · alternative WBW
- gender critical; potentially offensive; gender critical; potentially offensivefeminismA cisgender woman; a cis woman.
To the extent that she can pull it off, her gender is babe. But at Stayfree her babe outfit (long hair, big shirt, leggings, flats) makes her feel like an interloper—like some rude woman-born-woman intent on boycotting femininity because she can take it for granted.
2016, Nell Zink, NicotineSynonyms: cis woman
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cisgender woman; a cis woman.
Origin
Coined by second-wave feminists to distinguish cisgender women from transgender women.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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