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> They're saying people with CAIS are or should be treated as women in everyday society

What's it like to be treated as a woman?

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I couldn't write a comprehensive list of every way people and organizations act differently toward women than men, even if I wanted to. But the obvious ones that come to mind include:

* Referring to them as "her", "miss", "Mrs. Lastname", "hey lady", etc.

* Not screaming at them when they're encountered in a women's restroom or locker room

* Different assumptions about which products and services they're likely interested in (e.g. clothing sections at department stores, style recommendations at hair salons)

* Different opportunities or terms offered by organizations (e.g. single-sex dorms, ladies' nights, insurance premiums, SBA grants)

To be clear, "CAIS women are women" isn't an endorsement of treating women differently from men in any of those ways; it's an assertion that *if* some person or organization is going to distinguish between men and women, it should classify people with CAIS as women rather than men.

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