okay but they're still derogatory terms. The term is intersex / transgender woman. If you're offended by reality, you probably shouldn't be playing a game that's set in reality. News flash, calling people porn tropes is rude as hell!
But they aren't true derogatory terms, I thought I clarified that. Intersex is a spectrum of varying ordinances. It can include hermaphrodites, but it isn't the only part of it. Hermaphrodites specifically have both functional male and female privates. And I'm not the one offended by reality, I think it's stupid to be insulted by a word that's almost entirely used for fictional purposes nowadays, otherwise to denote special circumstances of a person, which is an extremely rare case in the first place.
Look, I'll even post some facts for you:
- Roughly 5% of all animal species are hermaphroditic, or 33% excluding insects.
- There are no hermaphroditic species among mammals or birds.
- True hermaphroditism represents 5% of all disorders of sex development.
- Estimated frequency of ovotestes is one in 83,000 births (0.0012%).
- By 1991, approximately 500 cases of true hermaphroditism had been confirmed.
Now, after further research. I've also noted evidence that it has been used as a derogatory term:
Hermaphrodite is a derogatory and outdated term for an intersex person, who is someone born with variations in their sex characteristics. The term implies that a person is both fully male and fully female, which is a physiological impossibility. The term is also stigmatizing and misleading, and should be avoided except in a medical context. Some intersex people may reclaim the word, but it does not apply to transgender people unless they are also intersex.
But in this case, it's not referring to intersex people, rather an actual hermaphrodite. It's specifically noting one situation and, especially here in erotica or +18 content, referring only to this phenomenon of gender. I'd actually put it in the same barrel as "gay" or "queer": terms that have been used as insults but also have actual non-insulting references to situations (though that's mostly just an opinion). So perhaps I should readjust my stance a bit: You are partially incorrect. If used correctly, it isn't derogatory.
(And to readjust your argument, for the sake of a future reply, the term (used in a nonfictional setting, (and in some cases including)) wouldn't be only referring to women. So instead, you should say "people" instead of just trans women. And I hope you aren't upset, I really just don't view it as a derogatory term since I've only seen it (at least in media) used in this specific application of gender.)
how are you so butthurt over basic respect. The term that starts with an F refers to women. End of. Touch grass. Also, my brother in christ? It is referring to actual intersex people. That's the POINT. if you refer to POC as racial slurs in a fictional setting and only ever refer yo them as that, congratulations you are racist as shit because it's clear that's what you think of them.
Wow, you really just read my stuff and (somehow) decided I was angry, huh? Actually, don't think you even read it with how you replied. And here I thought we could have a rather decent discussion even if it started somewhat rocky. Deciding to do research, all for nothing. :/
Again, and for the last time because I'm probably just going to ignore you after this (and you should do the same if you hate dealing with me this much, I'd understand), but I have no problem with respecting others and I am not angry. But you are asking me to ignore the word's definition for the sake of feelings and I do not wish to do that. Simple as. You can't just tell me to respect others when you really aren't doing the same just because I share a different opinion than you. Well, you could, but the likelihood of me properly listening to you severely decreases, as it would with any other person. "Touch grass?" Pretty sure taking the time to look at the dictionary definition and potential meanings of the word instead of shutting out everything of the sort after arriving to my own definition would constitute getting in touch with reality. I decided to listen and change my interpretation,
Please don't ask me to respect people when you can barely even respect me. Just over a word definition, at that.
(And just in case, not to insult you or anything as I can have problems with it too, I'd like to bet that your inner voice is making this out to be worse than it actually is. Refresh yourself and re-read, softly spoken (and hopefully without attitude, if you can't, it is what it is. Ciao!)