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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2017-05-01 06:55 pm

[ SECRET POST #3771 ]


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(Anonymous) 2017-05-02 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
well, I was largely responding to the specific defense of the word being offered, because I don't think it's a good defense. They present the word as being tied up with a specific light-hearted narrative, and that narrative is one that's extremely close to a fucked-up real world thing. So in that specific context, I think it's very relevant.

More generally, I think you do have to come to terms with the fact that - at the very least - while the concept of a trap is unrelated to the reality of being trans, it's basically identical to the way that bigots understand trans-ness. Basically any application of it to real life instantly brings along a tremendous weight of transphobic bigotry. At the very least, any usage of it outside the specific context of kink is definitely offensive, and I think the word has reached a point where it shouldn't be used at all.