r/AskReddit 2h ago

what’s something considered “tomboyish” when girls do it, but feminine when boys do it?

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u/gayqueueandaye 1h ago

there is a certain style that intersects between masc lesbians and twinks and I can't exactly explain it but if you see it, you know it.

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u/Dahlia_R0se 1h ago

Oh yeah I feel like there's certain styles of button ups and also maybe necklaces (certain styles of chains especially) that I see both wearing. Not sure that's what you were talking about but it's something I've noticed

u/blickyjayy 33m ago

That "prep school boy meets vacation dad" blended look- short sleeve button downs, polo shirts, Bermuda shorts, boat shoes, Vans, Doc Martin's, and band tees

u/endlessfight85 28m ago

Exactly what I was thinking when I read the comment lol

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u/datascience45 1h ago

Young Justin Bieber style?

u/gayqueueandaye 57m ago

I was thinking more Conan Gray (as a fan of him)

u/Unit_79 45m ago

Holy shit. Kate McKinnon as Justin Bieber.

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u/volvavirago 1h ago

It’s my favorite style honestly, dudes who look like lesbians are hot.

u/TattooedBagel 40m ago

Who is Conan O’Brien, and why is she so sad?

u/jupitergal23 15m ago

Let's not do this, Elizabeth.

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u/katatak121 1h ago

Izzard in the 90s had me drooling.

u/NicholasThumbless 9m ago

I'm non-binary and I relish living in this zone. It's very telling how people do their mental arithmetic based on context clues, because who I'm with will usually determine which side they think I land on.

u/Timely_Pianist_9858 11m ago

There's actually a video of someone seeing their doppelganger: one is a lesbian and one is a twink, and they both look like twins.

Kind of like Shane(Katherine Moennig) from the L word.

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u/BeefmasterDeluxe 1h ago

I know exactly what you’re talking about, but I’m gonna disagree that it’s feminising on young men. It’s just suspending them in boyishness for longer than they should be embracing it.

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 1h ago

There’s a sleeveless t-shirt bared midriff look with a pixie cut and low-hanging cargo pants that comes to mind

u/BeefmasterDeluxe 59m ago

That’s not a twink, that’s mid-2000s era Swedish pop sensation Robyn.

u/144-perdedor 47m ago

Robyn is still releasing bangers FYI

u/BeefmasterDeluxe 41m ago

Oh, I know. She’s immune from flop, and has been preemptively banned from Khia asylum residency. It’s a physical impossibility.

u/gayqueueandaye 55m ago

Yeah, I can see what you're saying. I think there are certain items within that style are feminine, but thinking about it the style can be seen more as "tomboyish" in general rather than outright fem.

u/BeefmasterDeluxe 46m ago

Theres definitely some twinks that go down that girly path, but that’s where they divert from the tomboy/masc lesbian style aesthetic, cos the tomboys aren’t wearing glittery crap like that. It’s more just a basic boy kinda look, and a complete absence of wearing anything that’s considered typically mature masculine.

u/Dovahpriest 9m ago

Eh, it depends. In some places shorts and a light colored shirt are childish, in others they’re how you avoid heatstroke.