Do you think it’s purely hateful or do you think it has some merit in certain contexts?
Personally I think it is a transphobic and dehumanizing term that objectifies and sexualizes trans women based on our anatomy, that should never be used in any context, but I’d love to hear what other people think.
Why demonize an important aspect of Japanese LGBT+ culture and sexuality just because it offends our tender Western sensibilities? Next we’ll be denouncing sea monster tentacle rape, despite it being an established trope in their artwork long before widespread contact with Europeans.
Take your linguistic colonization elsewhere.
Some people: I don’t like being called this
You: “How dare you”
OP was not expressing a personal preference, but instead arguing that