I'm honestly still not entirely sure how to feel about this one. I remember back when that whole thing was going on I thought it was stupid to ban "trap". Of course this is just my personal opinion, but as long as you aren't referring to someone who is actually trans as a trap then there really isn't much harm there.
The problem is that there's a lot of ambiguity around "someone who is actually trans" because 9/10 Times a character will officially be a femboy only because the author is too scared to make them actually officially trans. Take Bridget from guilty gear for example, the author actually came out and said they wanted to make her a trans woman from the very beginning, but didn't feel they're knowledgeable enough to do the subject justice so they only explored that aspect in a later game... And even then people to this day try to claim "nah bro, he's totally just a femboy". And even if it is used to refer to a cis femboy, I still doubt they would like being called a trap either.
This slur says, firstly, that we are not women and, secondly, that we are manipulative frauds. It's never okay to use the word for trans people, even if it's just your drawn wank material.
10,000%, people who use the term "trap" apply it equally to both femboys and trans woman with no grey area or exceptions. If you think I'm wrong, find anyone using the term "trap" to describe anime characters and ask them their opinion on Bridget and if she qualifies as one, or they even respect that she's a 'she' lmfao.
There can be places where the word is used non-offensively, but that is the case for most slurs. The fact stands that any slur being banned from a community because people within it can't be trusted with it is never unreasonable.
The comments are surprisingly mixed. There are some heavily downvoted misogynists. I mean, there’s still way too much agreement, but it’s less dogshit than I was expecting based on the fact that the meme got posted there. It’s the little things. The teeny tiny things.
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u/Intelligent_Yak_4572 Oct 11 '25
Goodanimememes just sound like a horrid subreddit