WHO ARE SHEMALES?  /   SHEMALES  – WHO ARE THEY?

“Shemales” is a term invented by the porn industry. She + Male = Shemale.  Shemales are transvestite or transexual people. Biologically and legally a ’shemales’ are men, cause they still have a fully formed and working cocks. “Shemale” is an offensive word, so if you’re up to communicating with them – don’ t use it.

According to Wikipedia:

Shemale (also she-male) is a slang term frequently referring to trans women with male genitalia and augmented female breasts from breast augmentation and/or use of hormones. The term is considered derogatory by most trans women. The term she-male has been used since the mid-19th century, when it was a humorous colloquialism for female, especially an aggressive woman.

GUYS WHY DO YOU LIKE SHEMALES?  /  WHY DO GUYS LIKE SHEMALES?

First of all – not all guys like shemales. They are a fetish for some men.

And among possible reasons why guys like shemales are:

- shemales look, smell, act, talk, and (as some say) feel just like a woman;
- some shemales look better than majority of girls;
- men are looking for the more glamourous sensual and sexy females than many of women nowadays are, and they find these ladies’ treats of character in shemales;
- nowadays women exhibit the fact that they are not as fragile, dependant and submissive as they used to be, but many men may need that in a woman to feel secure in their own masculinity;
- shemales are extremely femenin and portray themselves as typical women;
- every guy wants to have anal sex with his girlfriend, and girlfriends don’t want it in the bum all the time, but shemales do;

- the male demand for femininity, sexiness, and high sex-drive leaves a void that needs to be filled. She-males and transsexuals appear to have locked on this and are specializing in this area.

DO BISEXUALS LIKE SHEMALES?

“Just because you like boys and girls does not mean that you will necessarily like the two when combined. Granted, some bisexuals do. But lots of bisexuals like to keep their masculine and feminine bodies and genitals separate when it comes to sex. It’s like saying that if someone likes broccoli and likes ice cream, that they’ll love broccoli ice cream, because it’s the “best of both worlds”. Just doesn’t work like that.”

IS IT GAY IF YOU LIKE SHEMALES?  /  AM I GAY IF I LIKE SHEMALES?

“No you are not gay! As a matter of fact it makes a very clear statement about your manhood. The reason that you are attracted to them are because they look, smell, act, talk, and (as some say) feel just like a woman. Some of shemales look better than 95% of the girls. The truth is “women” have failed society, today’s woman is quite gross and have since abandoned their own femininity to play football, spit, wrestle, boxing to be grease monkeys, and the big one, lifting weights trying to obtain a “six pack”, crossdressing in men’s underwear, ties etc. Not to mention the lesbianism. You like a lot of other men are looking for the more glamourous sensual and sexy female that used to be present in the 50/60’s that were true “ladies”, something that today’s women know nothing about and the shemale has all but taken over “ladylike”. If you showed today’s woman a dress they’d run for the hills, the shemale would wear it. I bet you won’t catch shemales trying to climb trees either. Someone once said that dating a woman “today” is like dating your college buddy.”

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“A number of people have turned that into a fetish. Others may find it strange, while some assume it to be a form of homosexuality, so I wouldn’t bring it up in conversation, but it’s nothing outrageously uncommon. You can be attracted to a chick with a penis and still be hetero, but keep in mind that some others may not feel that way.”

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“Your question points up the difference between the natural weirdness of hetero(”other/different”)sexuality and normative homo(”same”)sexuality. Being a heterosexual means that you are attracted to an “other/different” sex–and you never lose awareness of the “otherness” of your attraction. Homosexuality (I speak only of male homosexuality–female homosexuality, or Lesbianism, is beyond my ken), on the other hand, is the exclusive attraction to one’s “own/same” sex; not only is there no attraction to the opposite sex, as such, in homosexuality, there is little or none of the attraction to “differentness” in itself which is characteristic of heterosexual attraction. In the promiscuous egalitarianism of male homosexuality, therefore, there is almost none of the rôle-playing, power-adjustment negotiations which are necessary between dimorphic sexes–and which are apparently in themselves erotically stimulating. And thus, no gay man ever adopts a female persona who requires servicing with his mistress’s strap-on–though perhaps 20% of straight men do exactly that. And no gay man would want anything to do with a ch¡ck-with-a-d¡ck–while for straight men shemales are endlessly provocative and exciting.”

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“The best way I could put it is this: show me a naked guy and it does nothing for me not even a semi but show me a hot chick with a dick (hairless body, smooth skin long hair, tits etc) and I get very hard”

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“The answer is a definitive no, liking men makes you gay and there is nothing wrong with that. If you are attracted to men and manly traits then you are gay. If you are attracted to a woman that looks identical to a man, but you think it’s ok because she has a vagina then that sounds to me like you may lean more towards the gay side. On the other hand, if you like shemales that look identical to a woman and have womanly traits it sounds more like you lean towards the straight side.”

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“If a woman (A) is sexually attracted to another woman (B) and B presents herself as a male (dresses, acts, looks, has man hairstyle, talks, walks, smells like a man, and maybe even takes male hormones), then this is perceived as a lesbian (gay) relationship. That’s pretty much accepted everywhere.

BUT…if a man (A) is sexually attracted to another man (B) and B presents himself as a female (dresses, acts, looks, has woman hairstyle, talks, walks, smells like a woman, and maybe even takes female hormones), then this is (generally) NOT perceived as a gay relationship.”

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“I disagree with anyone who just comes out and say “that’s it, you’re gay.” I mean let’s look at this a little closer, it is the female form that you are attracted to right? If you were watching man on man sex then that is a different thing altogether.

Also, I know for a fact that gay men do not go out looking for shemales to have sex with. They are not attracted to the female form, they look for other men (you, me, other “blokes”) to have sex with.”

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“That’s what I used to think before I started hanging out with trannies and saw the guys who were into them. Any other time the guy wasn’t chasing a tranny he was chasing chicks and gay men don’t chase after women. We like a man attached to it, not a woman. Men who are into trannies aren’t “gay” but they’re not straight either. I kinda think they’re their own sexuality.”

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“I have heard some people theorize that what it means is that you are basically gay but in denial and this a slightly more “acceptable” way of having gay sex but “feeling” like you’re still straight. I disagree with this because as I said, it comes down to what you are attracted to. If you were gay you would find men attractive right? At least that’s what it means to me. I think chicks are hot and I think some trannies are hot too because trannies, in my mind are basically women- women with a d!ck. Never in my life have I looked at a man and thought, “Mmmmmmmm I could go that!” If I ever did find a man sexually attractive then I guess I would have to admit I am bisexual- whether I acted on it or not.”

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“Maybe shemales are an area of sexuality that are somewhat “in the middle” and are appealing to both gay and straight men who are not not “quite” as “gay” or as “straight” as they would like to think they are? I’m guessing a 100% gay guy would not be interested in shemales (since they basically look, act and live as women) while a truly 100% straight guy wouldn’t either.”

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“First of all, it depends on who you life. do you love men or women? Dressing has nothing to do with homosexuality. Actually most cross dressers are actually straight males. If you feel like you are a woman trapped in a man’s body then you are transgender, but if you are just curious about what it would like to be a girl then you are curious, or it could be a fetish if you get sexual pleasure out of it. The liking ’shemales’ is another fetish, and does not mean you are either gay or straight.”

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“I think, gays don’t love shemales. As much as I know, mostly straight men like them. And if you like to dress up as a girl, it is your thing. Shemales usually live among us as usual females (in most cases), so – socially they are females. Their gender is definitely females. Some of them are bisexuals, some not. And hey attract men the same way as women do.”

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“Males seem to rely heavily on visual markers in regards to that aspect of sexual behavior. Sigmund Fraud once said, that all homosapiens are bisexual by nature; however, those impulses are kept in check by social norms. It doesn’t mean just because you find TS attractive or that you fantasize about them, makes you gay.”

WOMEN’S OPINIONS & THOUGHTS ABOUT SHEMALES & SHEMALE PORN

“I don’t have any personal attraction. I would prefer to watch women on women, men on men, or women with men. I’m not disgusted or curious. I’m disinterested. It probably wouldn’t turn me off, but I doubt that it would turn me on.

I think that heterosexually oriented men who enjoy watching them are unsatisfied with the artificial or absent female response to sex. It is impossible to know, sometimes even first-hand, if a woman is having an orgasm – or even a reasonably good time. It’s generally possible to detect signs of arousal and orgasm in males. Someone who looks 90% female demonstrating unarguable signs of sexual pleasure is probably very arousing for some guys.”

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“I don’t have any malice towards them or men who like them, but my natural response is disgust. I think they’re weird and completely unattractive. Of course, I’m a straight female and that may have something to do with it. It does perplex me that the market for shemales seems to be growing. Especially when so many so-called straight men are fans. I don’t want to make anyone feel bad, but I can’t help but question the sexual orientation of someone who finds them arousing. It’s a mystery to me.”

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“I think there are several reasons why shemale videos appeal to straight men:

1) “straight” isn’t an all-or-nothing proposition. I hear people defined as “straight” the way people used to describe being “white”, i.e. if you have a drop of non-white blood in you anywhere in your ancestry, you’re not white. Same thing with being straight: if you notice or admire anything on a guy, you’re not straight. Bullshit to all of it.

That’s particularly true in fantasies, where you can let your mind go free even if you don’t want to act it out in real life. Fantasizing rough sex doesn’t make you a sadist or a masochist.

2) I think guys who would not even call themselves bi-curious can still find shemales interesting. From puberty, a guy’s cock becomes the center of his universe and stays that way for decades (if not the rest of his life). Most cultures hide it away. It becomes something mysterious and powerful and fascinating, and it’s reasonable that you’d become interested in others, not just your own.

But if you’re straight, you’re not attracted to men. You don’t find guys, hairy chests, testosterone, and so forth, a turn-on at all. But you take a beautiful shemale and you get all the things you find attractive: a pretty face, hair, boobs, ass, legs–plus she has the *one* thing you want from a guy. It’s like having the whole package. You get all the good stuff and none of the bad.

3) For those of us who like lesbian movies (and most straight guys I know do), it adds that little missing element. I think that’s why strap-ons show up in a lot of lesbian videos, but it’s artificial and almost never looks right. Plus you’re watching it and thinking that it’s fun for the catcher, but the pitcher is just getting a some exercise. With a shemale and a working cock, you get a lesbian scene but you can imagine that both of them are into it.

4) The big drawback with shemales is that most of them aren’t very attractive. Plastic surgery is getting better but there’s still bad results even when you’re doing minor work with someone who’s already female. So you get a few who look convincing, some who just look like guys in drag, but a lot of people in the middle who don’t look quite male or female, and the result is usually scary.

In regular porn, the less attractive performers tend to be filtered out because there are so many to chose from. But shemales are still somewhat rare and it’s difficult to find them. I think the growing interest reflects the overall upgrade in quality, but it’s still got a long way to go. 25 years from now, or if digital animation gets good enough, you’ll find even more of it because you’ll get someone who looks like Raquel Welch with a cock, instead of Sandra Bernhardt…”

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“I personally find the concept of sexuality labels – straight, gay, bi – to be fairly restrictive. Most people treat it as a mould and try to fit into it. That’s not how it works at all.”

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“For every person it does disgust there will be several that absolutely love it. I don’t think shemale porn has anything whatsoever to do with your sexuality though. I work in a porn shop, we sell shemale vids, books, and mags to a wide variety of customers, many including m/f couples. It seems to be a very popular niche in the adult world. There are also some very gorgeous shemales out there.”

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“I’ve tried to understand the sexual appeal of shemales, but I just can’t. I suppose it’s one of those things that either turns you on, or it doesn’t.”

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“Seeing a shemale fuck and biological female is a turn on for me. Not really so much the visual aspect of it but the mental/psychological aspect. The turn on is seeing this totally hot bio female that is such a trashy slutty whore sexual freak, that she’ll even fuck a shemale. It’s the taboos of it. Of course, this only works with a totally hot female pornstar for me. The idea of this is not appealing at all if it was with some completely over weight ugly person.”

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“I’m a pansexual woman and I like transwomen, although I have to admit that I tend not to really enjoy the porny transwoman look (either Brazilian or Asian chicks, or girls who have had so much surgery they’re just not appealing to me). To be fair, though, I dislike porny cisgender women, too. I just don’t like the tanned, bleached-blonde, silicone-filled look.

Trans porn tends to be hit or miss. As I’ve said, it’s hard to find trans stars who fit my criteria in terms of looks, and then it’s hard to find girls who can be and stay hard (I understand the realities of transsexuality and being on hormones, but when I watch someone get fucked in the ass, I want to see a hard-on; it’s just something I need in my porn). I also like watching transwomen with girls, and that’s rather more of a rarity.

I don’t find them threatening – please, why would I? All porn is full of fantasy people doing fantasy things, first off, so feeling threatened by porn is just silly, and secondly, I feel more pressure to compete with cisgender porn stars than I do with T-girls- at least I know that I’m in a totally different category than the ladies with penises.

I don’t think poorly of men who like transwomen, but I do wish more of them were educated and respectful – I wish we could stop using terms like “tranny” and “shemale” and “chick with dick”, and that they knew a bit about transsexuality and gender dysphoria, and that they be aware of the concept of “chasers” and that they probably are one. It’s amazing how many guys there are who think that transwomen should be happy when a guy objectifies her as a penis on a hot girl. It sucks.

In other words, I like transwomen and wish they were in more and better porn (especially indie/alt porn!).”

INTERESTING & FUNNY QUOTES ON THE TOPIC

“Shemales are great. Its like getting two for the price of one. If your bi-sexual than you get everything you desire in one package.”

“They got a penis works for gays!”

“As long as everyone is consenting, and no-one gets hurt, then it’s OK.”

“Some men like women’s butts, some men like women’s breasts, some like shemales, some like men, some like it all. We live in a sexually complex world!”

“There’s no such thing as ’shemales’. They are just guys with fake tits. But more power to you, whatever floats your boat. ”

“Shemales are full men with a bunch of hormones on board to grow those breasts!”

“It’s their preference, proof that the multi-colored world of love is alive with all shapes, sizes and forms of love!”

“Because seeing it on a female tricks allows your brain to accept it as not really being male. But it is, and that is what makes you bi-curious and in denial”

“The main reason being, you wonder whats it like for girl-on-girl action when a girl has a penis? It’s kinda like lesbian turnon for you, but you want a girl to do it like a guy. Or… you dont want to be gay, but you want to be the guy getting it. Or you want an extra sausage in the butter fray.”

“In the EXACT same breath that a gay man is not attracted to female features….a truly straight man is NOT attracted to male features (penis) on a woman.”

“A “shemale” is the perfect stepping stone for someone not ready to openly admit they are bi or gay. May be because of societal pressure, pressure from family, etc. But in the end, straight men do NOT find males with boobs sexually arousing.”