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Culture War Roundup for the week of September 23, 2024

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A futa for those not aware, is short for futanari referring to a character with male and female physical characteristics, usually female anatomy and male genitalia.

Futa is futatsu or two. Nari seems to be derived from naru or 成る "to become". Futanari is therefore "dual form" or similar. It is not the accepted term for "hermaphrodite" but has a similar meaning. It's mostly an anime term.

Like most Japanese terms futanari gets shortened by the Japanese. I guess those extra two mora are just too much.

is short for futanari referring to a character with male and female physical characteristics, usually female anatomy and male genitalia

And more specifically/notably, hyper-exaggerated female physical characteristics (and also hyper-exaggerated dicks). Futa without these things is rare (though more generally that is what traps are, and why "draw a girl call it a boy" is a standard criticism of that subject matter).

And more specifically/notably, hyper-exaggerated female physical characteristics (and also hyper-exaggerated dicks).

I think that's the result of them starring in Japanese cartoon pornography, where almost everyone has hyper-exaggerated female/male physical characteristics (or they look suspiciously underdeveloped).

Honestly, no, not really.

Non-dickgirls do have slightly exaggerated proportions, but there’s a lot more variety there. By contrast futa tends to universally be much more exaggerated than that.

Seeing a clarification like this in the comments feed makes me dread scrolling down to see the context of why it was necessary. Good job.