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Shemale is a pejorative term used against Transsexual Women,[1] in common usage in the pornography industry. It is also used to refer to some transgender or genderqueer people.
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[edit] Etymology and History
She [ʃi:, ʃɪ], is a feminine pronoun of the third person, nominative case. Male(♂) is the sex of an organism, or of a part of an organism, which typically produces smaller, mobile gametes.
In the early 19th century, she-male was used as a colloquialism in american literature for "Female"[2] Davy Crockett is quoted as using the term in regards to a shooting match, when his opponent challenges Davy Crockett to shoot near his opponent's wife, Davy Crockett replies;[3]
| “ | No, No, Mike," sez I, Davy Crockett's hand would be sure to shake, if his iron pointed within a hundred miles of a shemale, and I give up beat... | ” |
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, by 1970 the term shemale had come to mean "Masculine Lesbian",[2] although this is no longer common usage.[1]
Janice Raymond used the term in her controversial book, The Transsexual Empire[4] where she challenges that Transsexuals attack femininity.
[edit] Modern Usage
The term 'Shemale' is used as a derogatory term to refer to people who display Female secondary sex characteristics and have Male primary sex characteristics. The term 'Shemale' is also used as a derogatory term that refers to transwomen (male-to-female transgender or transsexual people).
Female secondary sex characteristics include female breasts (usually acquired through hormone replacement therapy and/or through breast augmentation), and may have other female secondary sex characteristics. Male primary sex characteristics usually refer to Male Genitalia, which may function to a varying degree, in particular when hormone replacement therapy is used.
For transsexuals who have not yet undergone genital reassignment surgery but intend to, "Pre-Op Transsexual" is a more accurate term. For transsexuals who have chosen not to have genital reassignment surgery, "Non-Op Transsexual" is more accurate. However neither of these terms may be acceptable to the person in question.
Many transwomen are offended by the term 'shemale'[5] for one or more of the following reasons:
- because of the word's hateful connotations
- because of the association with the sex industry, like pornography, escorting, and sex party scenes
- because many transwomen who have not undergone genital reassignment surgery want it
- because their gender identity is female, not "male," nor do they feel they are only "half-female."
[edit] in Pornography
The term 'Shemale' (along with tranny, ladyboy and "chick with a dick") is commonly, used in pornography and the sex industry; videos and magazines involving such people are a common sub-genre of pornography. It is often seen by transsexual people as a powerful term of abuse.
[edit] in Anime and Manga
main page: Futanari
The term 'Shemale' is often used in English translations for Futanari, a subtype of hentai. However the most correct term for Futanari is perhaps intersexuals or hermaphrodites.[6] Futanari are most traditionally drawn with both Male and Female reproductive organs, and female secondary sexual characteristics, although there are several modern variations on the theme.[6]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b she-male. Dictionary.com. Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6). Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. [1] (accessed: February 19, 2007).
- ^ a b she-male. Dictionary.com. Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. [2] (accessed: February 20, 2007)
- ^ Boorstin, Daniel J. Part Seven: "Search for Symbols" in: The Americans, vol. 2 The National Experience. N.Y. (Vintage) 1965, pp. 335f.
- ^ Raymond J. The Transsexual Empire (1979 and 1994; reprinted by Teachers College, Columbia University, New York; Editions du Seuil, Paris)
- ^ "What's offensive". Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ a b "Animeph - Anime and manga vocabulary/lingo/terms/translations". Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
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