I think there’s no better example of the harms caused by cis activists than how teenage cis girls put themselves through all sorts of torture just to perform a pastiche of femininity. They do absurd things like tweezing every body hair they can find (including in extremely painful areas that are liable to lead to ingrown hairs if not done properly), or saving up to get semi-permanent makeup. If anyone is in any doubt that cisgenderism is literally a cult, they clearly haven’t seen how teenage “cis girls” behave at a sleepover.

(Jokes aside, possibly useful context is that I’m a cis woman, so I have firsthand experience of the above insanity. The pressure was so heavy that I feel like it was often actively unhelpful in understanding my own gender as a teenager and young woman. Also relevant is that a huge part of me actually processing that stuff healthily was having trans and non-binary friends, as well as generally being in community with other queer people)