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Thread: The use of the term shemale
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01-11-2024 #21
Re: The use of the term shemale
Shemale is like coloured or handicapped. there are other acceptable terms to use these days.
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01-11-2024 #22
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Re: The use of the term shemale
Words have generally understood meanings though. 'Shemale' is literally misgendering because transsexuals think of themselves as female rather than half female half male.
If you know most members of a group find a word offensive but insist you mean no offence by using the word then you are being disingenuous.
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01-11-2024 #23
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01-11-2024 #24
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01-11-2024 #25
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Re: The use of the term shemale
I am thinking here purely in term of biology. If someone has both female and male sex organs then that person can be called shemale or hermafrodite and I don't see anything offensive in the term itself. And it is completly different topic how someone see him/herself.
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01-11-2024 #26
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Re: The use of the term shemale
that person is a hermaphrodite but not the other term which is a label regarded as pejorative slang and a misnomer in the context you are describing anyway. Someone’s view of themselves can be detrimentally affected by other’s description of them especially where it’s incorrect.
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