garblefart-deactivated20181217 asked:

by the way "trap" is a kind of offensive word to use for girls with dicks..

pasteldaemon answered:

I’m not? He’s not even a girl he just likes to dress up that way.

Like aside from not applying questionable fetish terms to actual people to begin with, I thought trap referred specifically to cis people who’re dressed up/disguised for whatever reason who is even running around applying it to girls with dicks?

this is kind of awkward since there are several groups of people who identify in different ways and who all use “trap” to refer to themselves

but the word originates from the idea that trans people actively try to fool unsuspecting straight people into having sex with them — an idea that almost certainly fuels a lot of trans mockery and violence

and that’s also awkward because there are not-entirely-straight people who fetishize that idea and use it as a weird compliment for other people who deliberately play the part (and are generally, afaict, not trans themselves?)

it’s a bizarre collision between a lot of people who all feel very differently about sex and gender. but unless you’re very sure of your audience and they’re tightly-scoped, probably best to avoid “trap”.

also the people replying to this with “HERE WE GO LOL” and “ugggh seriously??” are kind of dicks; maybe assume good faith and take a moment to care about what a marginalized group of people might find offensive

  1. chickenissiriat reblogged this from lexyeevee
  2. lost-void said: Trap is a dude dressed up as a lady and looks like a lady, but is actually a dude.
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  4. trazel-apeally said: Dude wtf, Trap is not offensive, if you think it is, then Crossdresser or Crossdressing should also offend you… Side note: if they do, you need to redefine some of your vocab.
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