missing text image: sites/all/themes/obs_2007/img/reply.gif
Nicole G. (not verified) says:

I have to say, I resent the "tomboy" moniker. Women who don't wear skirts and dresses and make-up must want to be men. Wrong. I am a jeans and t-shirt girl, sneakers to work under my business casual pants and plain shirt, no make-up, etc. I wouldn't want to be a man for anything. I don't enjoy watching sports on tv or playing them for that matter. I just don't feel the need to waste my time and energy making myself attractive to men every single damn day.

The dichotomy that's implicitly set up is that a woman's primary motivation is either to attract a man or to be a man. There is definitely some space in between where I think most of us so-called "UT's" reside.

Reply

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd><br> <p> <i> <b> <embed> <img> <blockquote> <span> <strikethrough> <u>
  • Use <!--pagebreak--> to create page breaks.

More information about formatting options

By checking this box you are giving permission for Observer staff to contact you to obtain contact information and permissions required for publication.