Need some help on terms
8 years ago
So recently I've been recreating/redesigning an old character of mine from waaaay back when and I've been very on the fence about posting anything relating to him due to the unstable climate of the internet in regards to what he is. He is a male character with female genitalia. Now the term cuntboy has been a HUGE problem for a few people I know, causing others to become irritated with them for the casual use of the word. I would like to avoid this problem entirely, or as much as I am able to since I rather love this character I've made and want to draw more of him. ;u;
If any of you out there can throw me a term I might be able to use in regards to him for a tag that would be swell, since honestly I can't think of any that SOMEONE will take issue with. >3>;;
This is in no way a jab at anyone and what they find offensive, it's simply difficult to deal with issues like this without offending someone unintentionally simply because there's a concept relating to sex that you like and others find "objectifying",
If any of you out there can throw me a term I might be able to use in regards to him for a tag that would be swell, since honestly I can't think of any that SOMEONE will take issue with. >3>;;
This is in no way a jab at anyone and what they find offensive, it's simply difficult to deal with issues like this without offending someone unintentionally simply because there's a concept relating to sex that you like and others find "objectifying",
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I want to be able to tag this without bugging too many people but it's such a hotbutton topic these days XD
But you are right, and it's refreshing to see someone recognize that sex and gender are separate from one another. <3
If your character is meant SPECIFICALLY as a fetish character, OR if you're among people you trust are cool about the term, "cuntboy"/"cboy"/"cboi" tends to get thrown around.
If your character is meant to be TRANS in any extent, then you use the trans* suite: "FtM", "pre-op transmale".
If your character is meant to be (what I call) TRANS-AESTHETIC, so the type to be heavy into stereotypical Tumblr styles of self-representation, then you can use stuff like "vagentleman" and that stuff.
If you're not meaning to make ANY statement on the character at all, then the best thing to use may be "male with vagina".
Otherwise, you can always just put a line at the top or bottom of the description that he is a male, full stop. The "hope for the best" option.
The character isn't a statement, and it's not a trans character either. While I'm not sure if I'll ever explore him in a full story yet (Since I'm garbage at planning ahead) he is a character that has a strange body but never lets that vagina define him.
I love-hate it XD I have NEVER seen that one before but good lord am I going to use it in the future
I also respect and applaud the desire to avoid offending anyone, but this is still the internet and pretty much no matter what happens someone is going to be offended by something.
I personally would just call him a cuntboy since its a term that is more prevalent and, in the case of the character, physically accurate.
Now I can see why someone would be offended by the terminology itself, but what they also need to remember is that they have control of how they take offence to things. In this instance for example there is nothing offensive. You are using a term to refer to a male character with female genitalia(especially since you've elaborated on that fact). Nothing more, nothing less. If they decide to spin that into the whole argument of it refurring to FtM trans that have not gotten bottom surgery, then they are likely just being overly sensitive or looking to start a fight.
I'm not advocating any kind of hate speech or other derogatory behavior, I'm just trying to close the gap on how it is and isn't offensive.
More than anything else, I want this character to be one that people like because he's sweet and cute, not because he's a statement or a means of fetishizing a certain body type.
Male with intersex bits seems to work fine for what you want, just my 2 cents.
Regardless though, it's really up to you and how you want your characters to be identified as. There are always going to be some people that can't be satisfied so it's up to you. Just as long you remain respectful that other people may not want their characters to be addressed as such.
I also use him in porn too.