• bizarroland@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    I get it, but seriously, why is it tomboy for girls and femboy for guys?

    Shouldn’t it be like, tomboy for girls and Janegirl for guys?

    It’s not that I care an awful lot, it’s that the thought crossed my mind and I had to share it or I would explode.

    • JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 hours ago

      Sallygirl is the original counterpart before it fell out of use in favor of a slur (s***y) because tomboy was ok but sallygirl was discouraged. Tomgirl is more like futch or girly tomboy. Femboy is a more recent coining that doesn’t have a counterpart because we still have tomboy