Editing Bishōnen (section)

==Usage==
Some non-Japanese, especially American, [[anime]] and [[manga]] fans use the term to refer to any handsome male character regardless of age, or any homosexual character.<ref name="beauty">Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics. Laura Miller. University of California Press, 2006.{{ISBN|0520245091}}</ref> In the original Japanese, however, ''bishōnen'' applies only to boys under 18. For those older, the word {{nihongo||美男子|'''bidanshi'''|extra=literally "handsome man"}} is used. In the place of ''bishōnen'', some fans prefer to use the slightly more sexually neutral {{nihongo||美人|bijin}} or the Anglicized slang term "bishie" (also spelled "bishi"), but these terms remain less common. The term ''binanshi'' was popular in the 1980s. ''Bishōnen'' is occasionally used to describe some androgynous female characters, such as Takarazuka actors,<ref name="Mirror p.125"/> [[Oscar François de Jarjayes|Lady Oscar]] in ''[[The Rose of Versailles]]'',<ref name=Orbaugh/> or any women with traits stereotypical to ''bishōnen''.

Scottish pop singer [[Momus (artist)|Momus]] notably used the term in his song "Bishonen" from the ''[[Tender Pervert]]'' album (released on Creation Records).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imomus.com/index17.html |title=''Tender Pervert'' Lyrics |publisher=Imomus.com |access-date=2011-10-31}}</ref> Almost 8 minutes long, the song is an epic tale of a young boy raised to die young by an eccentric stepfather.