Hyperfemininity and Tomboys

RaiAstelle

💫Lately, I've been seeing a bunch of video analysis about "demonization of femininity".In those videos and in the comments there's always someone saying how it's rare to see female characters being strong and feminine and how they hate how they are always masculine.

📿That, however, doesn't seem to be the truth to me.The "maculine" female characters they're talking about are the regular feminine, without the "hyper".The new femininity seems to be the hyper, pornified version, an image created by men to begin with, and women that are any less then are automatically seen as masculine even when that's not what they are.

💫Women simply being natural are also seen as masculine.It's ridiculous to say that a woman looking like her most true, natural and autentic self is "masculine".Women aren't even allowed to look like themselves.

■Hyperfemininity or femininity in general is not demonized, women are.And a woman that comforms is treated better then one who doesn't.

📿I've seen some say that in adventures, war or others alike, tomboys are the main face, again not true.Those are "cool girls", a trope of women that have "male hobbies" while still conforming to the male gaze by looking like a fantasy created by men.

💫There isn't much real tomboy representation in the media and women that don't conform to the male gaze are shamed and pressured into it by being accused of having "internalized misogynia" for simply disliking a bunch of standards that were controlled by men for a very long time, which makes sense that some women and girls will feel repelled by that since that's a capitalistic fabricated female standard and not real femaleness.

📿💫Not all women are the same, not all women have to like the same things, women should not be shamed for having their own likes, dislikes, style, hobbies and rejecting the internalized male gaze.

💫Every single industry targeted at women is owned and controlled by men.They're making money off of you.The important thing is to choose which one is useful and to create our own.

📿Actual internalized misogynia is hating yourself and other women, dehumanizing yourself and other women, being a pick me and throwing other women under the bus.Nothing else.

💫"Tomboy" is also a misogynistic term since originally it means failed boy.Natural women are failed boys to these illogical parasites.Women don't need to be separated on categories like we're some sort of stereotypical breeds.A woman can like multiple different things at once.Doesn't mean she needs to be labeled like an animal, people having the expectancy of her behaving or looking in a certain way because of that.

📿💫The real tomboy representation that I could find is mostly in anime and manga.I don't watch anime anymore, but I do still read manga and one of the best where the main character is a tomboy is Crimson Hero by Mitsuba Takanashi.Her mangas in general are great.


■But from what I've seen, anime fans are confusing gender non-comforming and cross-dresser characters with traps(transgender) when that's not the case.They're erasing gnc representation for their gross fetish.So manga is a better option.Categories shoujo and josei.

💫📿Here's where you can read Beniiro Hero for free: https://readmanganato.com/manga-zj959066

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