Davy Crockett is quoted as using the term in regard to a shooting match when his opponent challenges Crockett to shoot near his opponent's wife, Crockett is reported to have replied: "'No, No, Mike,' sez I, 'Davy Crockett's hand would be sure to shake, if his iron pointed within a hundred miles of a shemale, and I give up beat.'" It was used through the 1920s to describe a woman, usually a feminist or an intellectual. In the early 19th century, she-male was used as a colloquialism in American literature for female, often pejoratively. Since the mid-19th century, the term she-male has been applied to "almost anyone who appears to have bridged gender lines", including effeminate men and lesbians. Joan Roughgarden, a biologist and Charles Darwin-critic, rejected use of the term in the reptile literature, as she says it is "degrading and has been borrowed from the porn industry." She writes that gynomorphic male and andromorphic female are preferred in scientific literature, adding, "I hope future work on these animals is carried out with more professionalism." Other usage
Some biologists have used shemale to refer to male non-human animals displaying female traits or behaviors, such as female pheromones being given off by male reptiles. The term has been used by some psychologists to refer to transgender women who have transitioned, but have never undergone genital surgery. Using the term shemale for a trans woman may imply that she is working in the sex trade.
Many people in the transgender community consider the term offensive and degrading. Shemale (also spelled she-male also she-man and he-she) is a term most commonly used in the pornography industry to describe trans women or other people with male genitalia and female secondary sex characteristics (including breasts) acquired via hormones or surgery.
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