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I would assume that's the case because it's commonly used in pornography (see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shemale) and males statistically watch more pornography.



Why isn’t there a term overwhelmingly used in romance/erotica then, which is famously women-catered? And women consume a lot of romance/erotica.


I'm not sure I fully get the question.

The landscape of romance novels might be getting different now, but from what I used to see, a lot of the older romance novels feature mainly standard heterosexual romance. So I'm not sure why there would be a term that's overwhelmingly used as there generally wouldn't be such a term?


But that’s my question: why wouldn’t there be?


Can you think of one?


I’m not a woman and I don’t consume romance/erotica so no. I’m only aware of how big romance is because I’m a writer, and it’s no secret romance authors far and away make the most money.




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