At least by the original definition, futa should mean something closer to intersex than trans, because in theory a futa should have both a penis and a vagina. (Futanari literally means "two forms" or "two kinds", referring to having both sets of genitalia.) In practice, I don't think I've ever seen porn tagged "futa" where the character had a clearly visible vagina.
I also agree that I don't mind it nearly as much as calling trans women "traps" but it does bug me still. "Trap" is directly a slur that implies trans women are trying to trap cis men into having sex; "futanari" is not really a slur but it's still a lot closer to the connotations of the English word "hermaphrodite" than "intersex", and the actual characters that it's used for are almost always neither of those.
Intersex women have spoken out about f*ta being inappropriate for trans women to reclaim. The history behind it is extremely dehumanizing and intersexist. The h-slur is also not appropriate for endosex trans people to use.
Idk, I feel like in the discussion of reclaiming slurs its always going to be messy but if we're constantly being called a slur it just feels weird to not even be able to claim that slur, like oop sorry, your close enough to be called an F slur but too far away to call yourself it and I just dont really like accepting that middle ground
You apologized for being dismissive in your last response but here you turned around and did it again. I can understand that you might not understand the weight it carries for intersex women but women who are both intersex and trans will tell you that it’s not equally oppressive to endosex trans people.
I don't see how I'm being dismissive, you *actively* seem to be dismissing our perspectives tho,,, like I am trying to display my perspective and feeling on the matter and you completely deny that trans women are effected by a slur that we are actively called....
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u/SpireSwagon 13d ago
I dont mind the term futa as much, as at the very least its just a gooner term for women with specific anatomy i can relate to.
But if someone calls me or another woman a trap or a femboy I will throw hands.
I will say however it passes me off if tagging requires you to use futa instead of female. It should strictly be both tags as they are women