@nagirin @YKantRachelRead i think that it's a necessary part of compensating for the power dynamics inherent in society as it exists now . like this would be fine if cis people and trans people already have equal footing on which to talk about gender , but the fact of the matter is that cis people already hold the power in this situation . standpoint theory , if flawed , is a tool for marginalized people to exercise rhetorical power which we otherwise would not have