socksuke_uchiha ([personal profile] socksuke_uchiha) wrote in [community profile] rpanons2019-08-04 10:25 am

my werewolf had a buttpuppy

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Re: VENTING GOES HERE

(Anonymous) 2019-08-09 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
what's wrong with the word trap? and what other word should you use for this character type?

genuinely curious.

Re: VENTING GOES HERE

(Anonymous) 2019-08-09 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
at best, it just has nasty implications about gender-non-conforming people, at worse, the attitude behind it has lead to the actual deaths of irl trans people. it started out as a definite slur against trans women and crossdressers on 4chan, after all, before it got into the fandom lexicon.

as far as alternative terms, if we're talking japanese characters, there's otokonoko and jousou. the first has somewhat fetish-y connotations and is largely associated with porn (equivalent to "sissy" over here in the same context" where as jousou just means male crossdresser (the word literally translates to "wearing woman"). if you want something less weeby, crossdresser is a term anyone can understand at this point and doesn't really need further details.

some japanese characters have complicated gender identities associated with their crossdressing and aren't just strictly male or trans female, and that's generally called "x-gender" but you're not going to see a lot of crossdressing characters this complicated in most weeb-adjacent media.

+1

(Anonymous) 2019-08-09 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
mmm yeah sure do love the 'are traps gay' debate that boils down to "i'm sexually attracted to this person and therefore their gender identity depends on my sexual orientation and not the other way around"

for pedantry it's josou not jousou but otherwise A+ explanation

Re: VENTING GOES HERE

(Anonymous) 2019-08-09 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
adding to what anon above said, the word trap comes from, well, "it's a trap" which comes from the idea that crossdressers and/or trans people are trying to "trick you"