SuddenReal
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Oh, I agree. Futanari (originally, I mean) is the Japanese term for hermaphrodites (people born with both genders), but due to the popularity in hentai, it (d)evolved into what we know today as "futa's". It's sort of like Medusa (since you brought up Greek mythology). Medusa nowadays is decpicted as a variant on a sexy snake lady who can turn people into stone by looking at them, while originally, she was so ugly that anyone who saw her turned to stone. Both current incarnations have very little to do with the original.I mean, that's intersex people mind you, who exist IRL yes and are usually born in a variety of ways regarding sex characteristics, Futanari have a more "fantasy" like explanation usually, and while they might be definitely based on either Intersex or Transgender people, they do have some sort of, like, beginning in popular culture as character archetype unrelated to actual Intersex or Trans people.