*SHEMALE
(WIKIPEDIA INFORMATION) The
term shemale is a derogatory term that refers to transwomen (male-to-female
transgender or transsexual people) who typically have breasts of an
adult female (through hormone replacement therapy and/or through breast
augmentation), and who usually have other female secondary sex characteristics,
but who have not undergone genital reassignment surgery.
However, other transwomen never undergo
genital reassignment surgery even if they can afford it, or come to
accept their genitalia, because they consider the surgery to be unnecessary
for their individual gender transition. Some transwomen have said
they prefer the genitalia with which they were born.
The term "shemale" (along with tranny, ladyboy and "chick
with a dick") is commonly, but not exclusively, 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. Many transwomen
are offended by this term for one or more of the following reasons:
- because of the word's hateful connotation
- 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." |
