HI, I'm Tanya. Have always been and still am a Tomboy. I'm a photography student and am doing this terms project about Tomboys. If anyone would like to share anything at all with me about their experince of being a tomboy in childhood or adulthood it would be a great help. "Masculine" things you did, said, wore..whatever. Anyone's reactions or questions to you. "Non-feminine" or examples of rejecting what is "feminine". Here are some of my own experinces/thoughts so you can get a better idea of what I'm after.
-From day one I didn't want to wear dresses...many fights with my mom.
-Maybe I'm a tomboy because I idolised my older brother.
-Perhaps the cultual view that "feminine" is weak made me lean toward the "masculine"
-I never played with girls toys.
-The protagonist is more often than not male in kids books/movies.
-What's the fun in being a girl if boys get to do all the cool stuff?
-By 11 I had breasts and created a device that flattened them so it appeared I had none.
-I remember crying to parents that I wanted to be a boy.
-Boys in school taunted me "Are you a boy or a girl?" And called me "Tony"
-As an adult it is often assumed I am gay...I am not.
-My mom tells me that I hate myself and that I hate being a woman...this is not true.
Those are just some expamples of things I'd like to hear about.
The other day a Tomboy friend of mine told me she decided to dress like a boy at the age of 12 because she "wanted to be taken seriously" and as an adult she still does becuse with her blonde hair and blue eyes attractive Scandinavian features she'd be treated like a sex object.
Yeah, I've gone on enough. Any help would be big help.
Thanks!
Tanya
-From day one I didn't want to wear dresses...many fights with my mom.
-Maybe I'm a tomboy because I idolised my older brother.
-Perhaps the cultual view that "feminine" is weak made me lean toward the "masculine"
-I never played with girls toys.
-The protagonist is more often than not male in kids books/movies.
-What's the fun in being a girl if boys get to do all the cool stuff?
-By 11 I had breasts and created a device that flattened them so it appeared I had none.
-I remember crying to parents that I wanted to be a boy.
-Boys in school taunted me "Are you a boy or a girl?" And called me "Tony"
-As an adult it is often assumed I am gay...I am not.
-My mom tells me that I hate myself and that I hate being a woman...this is not true.
Those are just some expamples of things I'd like to hear about.
The other day a Tomboy friend of mine told me she decided to dress like a boy at the age of 12 because she "wanted to be taken seriously" and as an adult she still does becuse with her blonde hair and blue eyes attractive Scandinavian features she'd be treated like a sex object.
Yeah, I've gone on enough. Any help would be big help.
Thanks!
Tanya
