In the Ring Novel, Sadako was assaulted and raped by a doctor named Nagao Jotaro. However, he discovered her darkest secret, finding she is a hermaphrodite, and possesses a man’s privates. This was not mentioned in the fims and presumably, she is fully female. Sadako attacked Nagao with her powers, forcing him to toss her down a nearby well and he sealed her within. Foreseeing herself being reborn years later, Sadako vowed revenge on the world and died.
Ugh. Seriously problematic language.
The proper term is “intersex,” not “hermaphrodite.”
Also, the gender of a set of genitals is determined by the gender identity of that person.
Ergo, when I say I have a cock, I have a cock. Whether or not you think I do.
If you’re trying to say that Sadako had outie genitals that were incongrous to their assigned gender as a result of being intersex, then you could say that Sadako had “non binary” or “intersex” genitals.
Also, a person is not “fully female.”
A person can be a cis gender woman, meaning that they were assigned female at birth and identify as female. A person can be a trans* gender woman, meaning that they were not assigned female at birth but identify as female. A person could be intersex, meaning that, genetically or physically, doctors considered this person to be of an indeterminate gender, but this person could identify as female.
Anyone that identifies as female is “fully female.”
This may seem like a pointless rant or info that you don’t care about, but I care.
I like horror manga and eroguro manga and I get tired of seeing binarism, cissexism, and heterosexism perpetuated in a media that I enjoy.
Source: hellyeahhorrormanga
