Definitions For Shemale

Noun

SHEMALE (plural SHEMALEs) (derogatory, offensive, proscribed, especially, in, _, pornography) A male-to-female transsexual or transgender person; a trans woman. (biology, nonstandard, see usage notes) A male animal which displays female traits or behaviors; for example, a male reptile which gives off female pheromones.

Usage notes

The use of shemale to refer to trans women is offensive and proscribed by several authorities.Don LePan, ‎Doug Babington, ‎Maureen Okun, The Broadview Guide to Writing, sixth edition (2015, {{ISBN, 1770485678}}, page 361: Slang terms such as tranny and shemale are obviously offensive and should never be used by cisgender (that is, non-transgender) people.Donna D. Ignatavicius, ‎M. Linda Workman, ‎Meg Blair, Medical-Surgical Nursing (2015, {{ISBN, 1455772550}}: Other terms, such as “tranny,” “he-she,” or “shemale,” are offensive and hurtful. These terms and other negative comments should never be used. It is found especially (though not exclusively) in pornography, where it and the similarly offensive term tranny are the primary references to trans women.Christina Richards, ‎Meg Barker, Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals (2013, {{ISBN, 1446293130}}: Shemale: Offensive term derived from pornography often used to refer to people who have a penis and breasts. Should never be used.Tristan Taormino, ‎Constance Penley, ‎Celine Shimizu, The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure (2013, {{ISBN, 155861818X}}, page 157: With rare exceptions, trans women are not cast in any genre of mainstream porn (gonzo, features, girl/girl, and so on) except “tranny/shemale porn,” the derogatory phrase used to market trans women porn in the mainstream industry. The use of shemale in biology has been criticized (e.g. by biologist {{w, Joan Roughgarden}}) as "degrading [...] borrowed from the porn industry" and unprofessional.Faye Flam, The Score: How the Quest for Sex Has Shaped the Modern Man (2008, Avery, {{ISBN, 978-1-58333-312-9}} and Joan Roughgarden, Evolution's rainbow: diversity, gender, and sexuality in nature and people (2005, University of California Press, {{ISBN, 978-0-520-24679-9}}

Antonyms

hefemale

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 人妖, tr=rényāo, sc=Hani {{qualifier, transvestite, ladyboy}} Finnish: {{qualifier, has no specific word; may use "transgender person"}} sukupuolenvaihtaja French: transexuelle, f German: Shemale, f {{qualifier, anglicism, uncommon}} Hebrew: קוֹקְסִינֶל, m, tr=qoqsinél Japanese: ニューハーフ (nyūhāfu) Korean: 쉬메일 Persian: شی‌میل (šimeyl, sc=fa-Arab) {{qualifier, anglicism}} Polish: shemale, f Portuguese: travesti Russian: шиме́йл, m, f (šimɛ́jl) {{qualifier, anglicism, indeclinable if used as feminine}}, членоде́вка, f {{qualifier, slang, vulgar}}, шмель, m, f Spanish: travelo, m Swedish: shemale {{qualifier, anglicism}}, transsexuell person Georgian: ქალაბიჭა, sc=Geor Japanese: シーメール (shīmēru, sc=Jpan) {{qualifier, anglicism}}, ニューハーフ (nyūhāfu, sc=Jpan) {{qualifier, pseudo-anglicism: from "new half"}} Turkish: saplı sultan