(09-08-2015, 12:43 AM)hauntmedoitagain Wrote:(09-08-2015, 12:02 AM)Glioca Sargonnai Wrote: -snip-
You're completely missing my point entirely.
It has nothing to do with being 'politically correct', a poor excuse to begin with. Sensitivity towards people who actually deal with awkward and uncomfortable gender identity issues on a day-to-day basis is important. Like, really important. They get enough shit in real-life; no reason to carry it over into their chosen escape.
I don't have a problem with ERP, either, but as a transwoman, I do not and will never appreciate anyone turning my situation into a vehicle for their fetishes while employing the usage of disrespectful terminology (tranny, shemale, etc.), virtual or not. It's disrespectful and above all, incredibly demeaning.
Now I know for a fact Chiyo would have no intention of doing any of this, but for the sake of discussion, I feel it incredibly important to bring the subject up before feelings are incidentally hurt.
Is that really so bad?
I leave it up to others to deal with the term, and the political correctness surrounding it. When I'm speaking to someone who identifies that way, I ask what their chosen pronoun is, and refer to them that way. I don't go into detail about their sex(es) and the way in which they're interpreted in that fashion, if at all.Â
I don't normally bring up my gender, situation, or preferences, but since we're going there, I'm going to say that as a pansexual genderqueer individual, I get my fair share of hate.Â
I feel as if I should direct you to the Wikipedia, and the disambiguation for Hermaphrodite as an entry. A lot of people use the phrase as a scientific descriptor, because, as said before, intersex is still a relatively new term. I won't debate the specifics about it with you, but given that one of my best friends told me about the term a year ago, and I had never heard of it before that point in time, and I like to consider myself pretty decently learned, it's still pretty new in frequent use.
These terms are still gaining traction, so of course they're not commonly used. And the terms are interchangeable. Considering that they're referring to a character who would have both male and female reproductive organs, that isn't an inaccurate term to use.
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