Tomboy
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A tomboy is a girl or young woman who exhibits behaviors and traits typically associated with boys or men in a given culture, such as wearing androgynous or unfeminine clothing and engaging in activit
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The Tomboy, 1873 painting by John George Brown
The army recruited men for the American Civil War, leaving the women behind to take care of the "left duties of men."
Feminist Suffrage Parade in New York City, 1912
Androgyny
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Androgyny is the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics. Androgyny may be expressed with regard to gender expression.
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…presented as the hero that more female characters should look up to, although they still often shed some of their more extreme ways after the war. Androgyny Effeminacy…
Louise Brooks exemplified the flapper. Flappers challenged traditional gender roles and had boyish hair cuts and androgynous figures.
Labor leader Luisa Capetillo wearing men's clothing
Yves Saint Laurent, the tuxedo suit "Le Smoking", created in 1966
Pop stars Boy George (pictured) and Annie Lennox appeared on the front cover of Smash Hits magazine in December 1983 in identical makeup, followed by the cover of Newsweek in January 1984 to mark a second British Invasion. Music journalist Sue Steward wrote that the Smash Hits cover "begged the question, 'Which one is the boy?'"