I just wanted to clarify and repeat for those who joined the conversation at the end that I only used the word cissexual as a conveniently related word to illustrate my point that it was impossible to keep from offending absolutely everyone.

Words, as a rule, are not found offensive by me. The meaning and intent of those words is often where I find offense. This is why I don't personally take offense to someone's use of language unless it's patently obvious they intend to inflict pain with the message they are sending. Of course, this is my personal view and not everybody shares it, nor do I expect them to.

I think this thread was started in good faith as a discussion about whether using these kinds of phrases that others were not familiar with were so important as to sacrifice the clarity and understanding of the reader.

Many good arguments have been made as to why that is important to some and less a priority for others. My only additional suggestion would be that anybody using uncommon acronyms and words that may be new to the reader go one step further in their efforts to enlighten and actually include a short definition so readers do not have to expose themselves as ignorant by asking or take the trouble to Google. less

I've also never seen anyone specifying male or female bodied when talking about the anus. The anus is pretty universal, no matter how you identify in terms of gender. I also always use slashes in my reviews so that people that don't feel the need to educate themselves on trans issues can pick out what applies to them and move on. I'll say vagina/front hole or female-bodied/FAAB. The slash indicates that they are interchangable insofar as you are talking about the same physical object, but by putting BOTH words I am not alienating anyone or triggering anyone. I don't think "concision" or "style" are good justifications for making someone feel like crap about their bodies and their sexuality. less