I was the same way, too. Always climbed trees, fished, liked camping and being outdoors. Was a Tom Boy who played mostly with my younger brother. But I blossomed into being fully female while late in HS and College.
And my daughter was so much a tom boy and athletic that the boys were in awe of her strength. Even my husband secrectly wondered when she was in 8th grade if she was gonna be gay. I said she's just a tom boy and will outgrow her female awkwardness. And she did!
totally agree! To top it all off, I matured early (had my first period at 9, then skipped a year and started in earnest at 11) and hated to have to wear those uncomfortable "belts" and try to keep them centered while wearing them! I also developed breasts around age 9 and was extremely embarrassed by them. Absolutely none of my friends had them (or periods) and I was horrified by my own body...:-) Most of my friends in HS were boys and I was never very "girly". BUT the thought never crossed my mind that maybe I was a boy in disguise. Now that we've given those girls the option of being a boy instead... But what if, as trans men later on, they aren't attracted to women like a man would be, so they have to become gay men instead? It's so confusing-moreso than getting thru adolescence as a tom boy!
She's a classic Tom Boy.
I was friends with a few Tom Boy's back in my school days in the 1990's and they are all happy mothers with husbands now.
Sad that Tom Boy's aren't accepted any more and aren't told that it's ok to be a bit masculine while still being a female.
I was the same way, too. Always climbed trees, fished, liked camping and being outdoors. Was a Tom Boy who played mostly with my younger brother. But I blossomed into being fully female while late in HS and College.
And my daughter was so much a tom boy and athletic that the boys were in awe of her strength. Even my husband secrectly wondered when she was in 8th grade if she was gonna be gay. I said she's just a tom boy and will outgrow her female awkwardness. And she did!
Tomboy are great moms.
Yes!
totally agree! To top it all off, I matured early (had my first period at 9, then skipped a year and started in earnest at 11) and hated to have to wear those uncomfortable "belts" and try to keep them centered while wearing them! I also developed breasts around age 9 and was extremely embarrassed by them. Absolutely none of my friends had them (or periods) and I was horrified by my own body...:-) Most of my friends in HS were boys and I was never very "girly". BUT the thought never crossed my mind that maybe I was a boy in disguise. Now that we've given those girls the option of being a boy instead... But what if, as trans men later on, they aren't attracted to women like a man would be, so they have to become gay men instead? It's so confusing-moreso than getting thru adolescence as a tom boy!
Yeah, the belts were the worst!
I think Tom Boys are generally accepted by men. They are so much easier to get along with. The pressure against it comes from women.
Yeah, I lamented my female puberty - grew out of it.
You nailed it. The disappearing tom boy meme! So real. Tom boys can make great mothers!
In the Philippines they use Tomboy as the word for Lesbian with no negative connotation.