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  • Title: Tomboys: meanings, marginalization, and misunderstandings.
    Author: Hall JM.
    Journal: Issues Ment Health Nurs; 2008 Jun; 29(6):555-65. PubMed ID: 18569204.
    Abstract:
    Girls who act like boys are called "tomboys." This is an exploration using feminist guiding principles, about what "tomboyism" means to children and how adults around them construct it. The purpose is to examine tomboyism from literary, linguistic, historical and cultural perspectives. The exploration includes a review of selected scientific sources, children's and some adult literature, and conversations with adult women who recall their tomboyism from youth and how it now affects them as adults.
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