Meaning of endosexism | Babel Free

Definitions

A system, practice, or bias privileging endosex people over intersex people.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“There's nothing threatening about saying some common trans ontologies in their infancy were rooted in endosexism”

“In fact, numerous studies have⟳ demonstrated how manhood also relies on and reproduces societal patterns of cissexism, endosexism, monosexism, heterosexism, classism, racism, ageism, nationalism, and religious privilege in the United States.”

“We discuss⟳ this finding with reference to cisgenderism and endosexism, focusing particularly on being critical of ‘gender’ and foregrounding biological sex, and views for and against self-identifying gender.”

“Stigma and discrimination combined with minority stress⟳, and cultural and social norms that give⟳ preference to heterosexuality, cisgenderism and endosexism, are some of the root causes that contribute⟳ to these health inequalities.”

“Intersex people are not extremely rare, although endosexism (up to and including forced genital surgery in infancy) has contributed to conditions that lead⟳ us to believe⟳ they are.”

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