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'''Shemale''' (sometimes '''she-male''') is a usually derogatory term<ref name=TGTerminology>{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/trans/TGterminology.pdf |title=Trans@MIT: Allies Toolkit |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-10-26}}<br>"shemale: A term, usually derogatory, used most often in the porn industry for a pre-op transwoman who has already developed breasts but still has an intact penis."</ref> for a person who appears to be female, possessing both [[breasts]] and [[male]] [[genitalia]].<ref name=reference.com>{{citation |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/she-male |title=She-male |periodical=[[Dictionary.com]] |accessdate=[[2007-10-26]]}}<br>"derogatory slang, 'a genetic male who has both male and female characteristics; a male who has undergone surgical feminization" from ''Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English'' </ref>
'''Shemale''' (sometimes '''she-male''') is a usually derogatory term<ref name=TGTerminology>{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/trans/TGterminology.pdf |title=Trans@MIT: Allies Toolkit |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-10-26}}<br>"shemale: A term, usually derogatory, used most often in the porn industry for a pre-op transwoman who has already developed breasts but still has an intact penis."</ref> for a person who appears to be female, possessing both [[breasts]] and [[male]] [[genitalia]].<ref name=reference.com>{{citation |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/she-male |title=She-male |periodical=[[Dictionary.com]] |accessdate=[[2007-10-26]]}}<br>"derogatory slang, 'a genetic male who has both male and female characteristics; a male who has undergone surgical feminization" from ''Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English'' </ref>


The term, along with [[Transgender|tranny]], [[ladyboy]] and others, is often used in [[sex industry|sex industries]]<ref name="WordWeb Online">{{citation |periodical=WordWebOnline |url=http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/SHEMALE |title=SHEMALE |accessdate=[[2007-10-26]]}} <br>"(sometimes offensive) a form of transsexual, esp. one in the sex industry" ''WordWeb Online''</ref><ref name=etransgender>{{citation |url=http://etransgender.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=188 |title=Transgender Terms & Definitions |periodical=eTransgender.com |accessdate=[[2007-10-26]]}}<br>"A highly demeaning/derogatory term used to describe transgendered people. Term comes from the pornography industry, characterizing those with fem features and male genitalia. This term is also often used to portray "girls" involved in prostitution and pornography."</ref> to refer to a pre-operative [[transsexual woman]]<ref name=TGTerminology2>{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/trans/TGterminology.pdf |title=Trans@MIT: Allies Toolkit |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-10-26}}<br>"pre-op: transexuals who have not attained gender reassignment surgery"</ref> who has not had [[sex reassignment surgery]]; although the industry is known to advertise catering to customer's interests. Less frequently, it is used to describe [[intersexual|intersex]] people.{{Fact|date=September 2007}}
The term, along with [[Transgender|tranny]], [[ladyboy]] and others, is often used in [[sex industry|sex industries]]<ref name="WordWeb Online">{{citation |periodical=WordWebOnline |url=http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/SHEMALE |title=SHEMALE |accessdate=[[2007-10-26]]}} <br>"(sometimes offensive) a form of transsexual, esp. one in the sex industry" ''WordWeb Online''</ref><ref name=etransgender>{{citation |url=http://etransgender.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=188 |title=Transgender Terms & Definitions |periodical=eTransgender.com |accessdate=[[2007-10-26]]}}<br>"A highly demeaning/derogatory term used to describe transgendered people. Term comes from the pornography industry, characterizing those with fem features and male genitalia. This term is also often used to portray "girls" involved in prostitution and pornography."</ref> to refer to a [[transsexual woman]]<ref name=TGTerminology2>{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/trans/TGterminology.pdf |title=Trans@MIT: Allies Toolkit |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-10-26}}<br>"pre-op: transexuals who have not attained gender reassignment surgery"</ref> who has not had [[sex reassignment surgery]]; although the industry is known to advertise catering to customer's interests. Less frequently, it is used to describe [[intersexual|intersex]] people.{{Fact|date=September 2007}}


Many people within the [[LGBT]] communities, particularly [[transgender]] individuals, consider the term offensive.<ref name="tsroadmap">{{citation |url=http://www.tsroadmap.com/start/tgterms.html |title=Glossary of Transgendered Terms |periodical=Transsexual Road Map |accessdate=[[2007-10-26]]}}<br>"A sexualized term popularized in pornography for a transgendered woman who has not had surgery. Often considered highly offensive."</ref> However, like many potentially derogatory labels, some have adopted the term as an endearment or as a form of self-empowerment.<ref name="herbst">{{citation |last=Herbst |first=Philip H. |title=Wimmin, Wimps & Wallflowers: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Gender and Sexual orientation Bias in The United States |publisher=Intercultural Press |year=2001 |isbn=1877864803 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8rgUeEpWfbsC&pg=PA38&dq=shemale+empowerment&sig=heIoin691HMnIucKQBuK1_4mbWE#PPA253,M1 |accessdate=[[2007-10-25]] |page=252-3}}</ref>
Many people within the [[LGBT]] communities, particularly [[transgender]] individuals, consider the term offensive.<ref name="tsroadmap">{{citation |url=http://www.tsroadmap.com/start/tgterms.html |title=Glossary of Transgendered Terms |periodical=Transsexual Road Map |accessdate=[[2007-10-26]]}}<br>"A sexualized term popularized in pornography for a transgendered woman who has not had surgery. Often considered highly offensive."</ref> However, like many potentially derogatory labels, some have adopted the term as an endearment or as a form of self-empowerment.<ref name="herbst">{{citation |last=Herbst |first=Philip H. |title=Wimmin, Wimps & Wallflowers: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Gender and Sexual orientation Bias in The United States |publisher=Intercultural Press |year=2001 |isbn=1877864803 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8rgUeEpWfbsC&pg=PA38&dq=shemale+empowerment&sig=heIoin691HMnIucKQBuK1_4mbWE#PPA253,M1 |accessdate=[[2007-10-25]] |page=252-3}}</ref>

Revision as of 20:27, 20 April 2008

Shemale (sometimes she-male) is a usually derogatory term[1] for a person who appears to be female, possessing both breasts and male genitalia.[2]

The term, along with tranny, ladyboy and others, is often used in sex industries[3][4] to refer to a transsexual woman[5] who has not had sex reassignment surgery; although the industry is known to advertise catering to customer's interests. Less frequently, it is used to describe intersex people.[citation needed]

Many people within the LGBT communities, particularly transgender individuals, consider the term offensive.[6] However, like many potentially derogatory labels, some have adopted the term as an endearment or as a form of self-empowerment.[7]

Etymology

In the early 19th century, "she-male" was used as a colloquialism in American literature for "female".[8] Davy Crockett is quoted as using the term in regard to a shooting match, when his opponent challenges Davy Crockett to shoot near his opponent's wife, Davy Crockett is reported to have replied:[9]

No, No, Mike," sez I, Davy Crockett's hand would be sure to shake, if his iron pointed within a hundred miles of a shemale, and I give up beat...

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, by 1970 the term shemale had come to be used disparagingly for "masculine lesbian",[8] although this is no longer common usage. In 1979, Janice Raymond employed the term's modern usage in her controversial book, The Transsexual Empire: The Making of the She-Male[10] in which she argues that from a feminist point of view, transsexuals constitute an attack by males upon femininity. In 1990, Jennifer Anne Stevens defined a she-male as "Usually a gay male who lives full time as a woman; a gay transgenderist" in her book From Masculine To Feminine And All points In Between.[11]

See also

Look up shemale in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

  1. ^ "Trans@MIT: Allies Toolkit" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-10-26.
    "shemale: A term, usually derogatory, used most often in the porn industry for a pre-op transwoman who has already developed breasts but still has an intact penis."
  2. ^ "She-male", Dictionary.com, retrieved 2007-10-26 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
    "derogatory slang, 'a genetic male who has both male and female characteristics; a male who has undergone surgical feminization" from Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English
  3. ^ "SHEMALE", WordWebOnline, retrieved 2007-10-26 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
    "(sometimes offensive) a form of transsexual, esp. one in the sex industry" WordWeb Online
  4. ^ "Transgender Terms & Definitions", eTransgender.com, retrieved 2007-10-26 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
    "A highly demeaning/derogatory term used to describe transgendered people. Term comes from the pornography industry, characterizing those with fem features and male genitalia. This term is also often used to portray "girls" involved in prostitution and pornography."
  5. ^ "Trans@MIT: Allies Toolkit" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-10-26.
    "pre-op: transexuals who have not attained gender reassignment surgery"
  6. ^ "Glossary of Transgendered Terms", Transsexual Road Map, retrieved 2007-10-26 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
    "A sexualized term popularized in pornography for a transgendered woman who has not had surgery. Often considered highly offensive."
  7. ^ Herbst, Philip H. (2001), Wimmin, Wimps & Wallflowers: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Gender and Sexual orientation Bias in The United States, Intercultural Press, p. 252-3, ISBN 1877864803, retrieved 2007-10-25 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ a b Harper, Douglas, "she-male", Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved September 11 2007 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  9. ^ Boorstin, Daniel J. (1965), "Part Seven: "Search for Symbols"", The Americans, vol. 2 The National Experience., N.Y.: Vintage, p. 335f, ISBN 0394703588
  10. ^ Raymond, J. (1994), The Transsexual Empire, New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, ISBN 0807762725
  11. ^ Stevens, Jennifer Anne (1990). From Masculine To Feminine And All points In Between. Cambridge, MA 02238: Different Path Press. ISBN 0962626201.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
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