bigenderism en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From bi- + genderism; modelled on heterosexism. Coined in 2003.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The theory that society enforces a strict male-female gender binary, privileges masculinity and maleness over femininity and femaleness, and (when the theory is strictly construed) limits gender to a direct correspondence with assigned sex at birth.
Our study casts some doubts about the existence of a moderating effect of gender transition on transphobia, it raises some issues about bigenderism as an explanatory factor for any such effect and it implies that transphobia is situational.
2020, Joel Rudin, Tejinder Billing, Andrea Farro, Yang Yang, “Bigenderism at work? Organizational responses to trans men and trans women employees”, in Organization Management Journal, volume 17, number 2, →DOI, page 75:Bigenderism is a plague that specifically punishes gender-diverse people, but its negative effects go way beyond that. Bigenderism is a cross many children have to bear, and many don’t bear it easily. Living up to the expectations of bigenderist ideals requires a great deal of effort on the parts of young people who quake at the idea of being labeled sissy if a boy or being ostracized if a girl.
2003, Miqqi Alicia Gilbert, “Bigenderism”, in Transgender Tapestry, volume 102, retrieved 23 Sep 2020, page 16:Understanding bigenderism may offer insight into the specific challenges faced by nonbinary people.
Bigenderism maintains there are only two genders, which correspond with the two sexes, male and female. Basic bigenderism requires that legal documents and public institutions designate a single invariant gender (that is, sex). Strict bigenderism applies these categories in a social context that stigmatizes "imperfect" men and women who do not reach ideals set by the bigenderist schema.
2009, Miqqi Alicia Gilbert, “Defeating Bigenderism: Changing Gender Assumptions in the Twenty‐first Century”, in Hypatia, volume 24, number 3, →DOI, page 93: