Not a fan of this idea, and the word itself, because it makes them out to be deceivers, when that's not necessarily true. In addition, it's also used not even in necessarily fetishistic or pornographic scenarios to simply refer to crossdressers and such, when they successfully "trick" others. Trans people do not want to be associated with that. Whether that makes it a moral responsibility to avoid it, is weirdly enough a whole linguistic and moral debate, so to each their own I guess.Īs noted, it's used in fetishistic and cosplay scenarios. Using the term trap – which obviously has negative connotations – on a large scale will inevitably lead to it being used for trans people. The problem is, in the current worldwide climate, crossdressers (including cosplayers) are lumped in with trans people as essentially the same thing. It's hard for a word to be transphobic if it doesn't refer to them. The tl dr of my approach is it's transphobic if used for a trans person. Thus they are a "trap" because they're being intentionally deceitful about whether or not they are male while trans people believe they are female so they technically are not lying (whether or not they are is something I won't get into). Cross-dressing is supposed to be a sophisticated hobby for males."īasically, traps are males who cross-dress for a specific reason (either for fun or some ulterior motive) while trans are people who genuinely believe they are a woman (which is why some go through hormone therapy). Please don't forget the reality that you are male.
"You may get confused about whether you're male or female. From it the author puts something I think sums it up best.
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and it basically is an instructional book about how to cross-dress, while including a short manga story. I read a short manga called "Kirameki!! Otokonoko Juku – How to Be Otokonoko" by WADAPEN. What a lot of people fail to understand is that what traps are people who dress as a woman, but know that they are male.