![]() Butch Tomboy tends to be very masculine, to the point of actually being "manly", and has very few, if any, feminine qualities and interests.There are generally two types of tomboys, depending on their degree of masculinity vs. Indeed, her best friend may be a Girly Girl. Even if she doesn't, she need not have any antipathy toward those who do. While Tomboys are subject to Flanderization, according to which they all hate "girly things" (like the color pink, dressing up, playing house, shopping), many in Real Life simply happen to fall outside of gender norms in a few respects aside from these "quirks", a Tomboy might also have "feminine" interests. Or maybe she is socially awkward and simply wants to go somewhere where she thinks the awkwardness will be accepted because she is a "foreign visitor" anyway. It could be that she has no sisters but several brothers, and to be included with them she engages in boyish activities. ![]() Maybe she has no brothers and so the father raises his daughter the way he would a son. A similar possibility is that she was Raised by Dudes. Perhaps she's Daddy's Girl and so wants to do things with him. Some girls might just enjoy doing boyish things more. A great deal of media takes this latter position, sometimes presenting the Tomboy as sympathetic but, in the end, immature or even troubled. The audience finds (minor) transgressions of accepted roles "cute" or funny. For still others, a love of Tomboys may have nothing to do with their opinion on gender. Tomboys are often seen as a great way to appeal to both male and female demographics with the same characters. Thus the Tomboy remains a current figure and a popular one for various reasons: A woman might chafe at how "femininity" limits her choices and find a like-minded heroine empowering boys might find a girl who likes the things they do more relatable. However, even where gender roles are relatively lax or fluid, choices made regarding media consumption, recreation, and fashion, remain segregated for the most part. Especially historically, any girl interested in science, vehicle mechanics, house and/or building construction and/or renovation, sports, note especially outside of designated "girls' sports" like tennis, gymnastics, figure skating, volleyball or cheerleading (which many people do not regard as a sport, despite being recognised as one by the International Olympic Committee) or combat has been called tomboyish. Because these associations are culture-dependent and tend to change, what exactly constitutes a "Tomboy" is subjective. Derived from the term "tomcat" for a male cat, the Tomboy is a major character archetype and yet is also a somewhat vague concept, and it is associated with the gender variance/nonconformity.Ī tomboy is a girl who has tastes and behaviors usually associated with boys.
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