I agree with you in principle, but culturally I’m pretty sure that the roles are a little different and so the distinction might be valuable. For instance, I think most Thais understand that “lady boys” are men with a fetish—there’s not an equivalent cultural lobby there pushing that “NO, THEY’RE REAL WOMEN!”
There's no such thing as a "lady boy".
I agree with you in principle, but culturally I’m pretty sure that the roles are a little different and so the distinction might be valuable. For instance, I think most Thais understand that “lady boys” are men with a fetish—there’s not an equivalent cultural lobby there pushing that “NO, THEY’RE REAL WOMEN!”
Yeah that's how it started with drag queens. Now look where we're at.
There aren't really any jews in Thailand, though.