I've got a problem with the term "cuntboy". I'm really interested in the justification of other people using it, because I, at the moment, don't see any benefit nor difference between calling someone a "cuntboy" and "FTM" (assuming said individual identifies as a trans* person, because you can have female genitalia, a male gender, and NOT be FTM).

"Cuntboy" seems to have started off as some type of odd, derogatory lingo in the furry community, back when the light on trans* folk wasn't really shining too bright - AKA no one knew that people out there truly existed. By calling someone a "cuntboy", you're basically saying "you're a boy with a vagina". And while for some people, this is just a fact, for other people it's down right degrading.

We first have to analyze how derogatory the word cunt is and there are a lot of feminist arguments against it. It's a slang word to refer to a vagina, but it's also what a lot of people have used to call people they think are general jerks AKA the same meaning as the word "dick".

My point is that it's flat out wrong to generalize and refer to someone by their genitals. By calling someone a "cuntboy", you are essentially saying;

Your genitalia is more important than your gender identity so I will refer to you that + your gender identity tagged on at the end.

And that's a problem.
Because in case you haven't noticed, people are more than their genitals. There are so many more appropriate words to describe a guy with female genitalia, such as -

1) A guy.
2) Trans* guy / FTM (or however they identify)
3) FAAB (Female Assigned at Birth) - used between doctors when describing patients with female genitals and sex, but do not identify with their sex.
4) CAFAB (Coercively Assigned Female At Birth) - More popular with intersex folk, nearly synonymous with FAAB.
5) A GUY.

Come on, furry community. Someone really needs to spread that the word cunt boy is both foul and degrading. Being a FTM myself, I really am not fond of the word and what I don't want to happen is for people to think "cuntboy" is a clever nickname for fellow FTMs, or even worse, they think that it's actually a synonym for FTM.

I have the same problem with the terms "dickgirl" and "shemale", but that's another argument and I encourage MTFs and anyone else to stop people form using that term too.

Link other people to this journal, if you'd like.
Anyone is welcome to post their comments or concerns below in the comment section.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/...../#cid:23843089

Please, every dollar really helps and it would make things a lot better for them.

I've been having an awful time with lineart... I feel like my lineart is either too thin or too thick and not smooth enough blah it's driving me crazy :c

I've been drawing a lot more... so I hope this means I'll improve lots. I'm glad that got a tablet! Now we can do collabs and art trades and stuff together. I like doing my sketches with the marker tool in SAI and then doing my lineart with the ink pen.... makes things look a lot better, imo.

Tomorrow is my birthday. I'll be sixteen, hm. Besides going out to the movies and for sushi with my sister, I won't be doing much. My little sisters will be gone, so I guess it's just me and Lavi. Which is pretty cool with me, since I don't like doing a lot of stuff in general, let alone on my birthday - it's just an average day to me.

I noticed that a lot of people on FA post multiple journals in a day... compared to DA where journal updates are infrequent. So I guess I'll join the bandwagon and update this thing more often.

Derp derp I'll try to be way more active on FA. I want to improve my drawing abilities and to meet more people, so. ;; I'll try not to be so shy and timid when it comes down to posting comments and faving stuff..

'u' So yeah. Idk what else to write... ;;;;