Tomboyism
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Vol. 2 (1) , 73-75
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1977.tb00574.x
Abstract
The meager research available on tomboyism is based on the assumption that it is rare and abnormal. Following an initial observation that 78% of a group of undergraduate women reported having been tomboys in childhood, the frequency of tomboyism was assessed in two samples, one of junior-high girls, the other of adult women. In the junior-high sample, 63% reported being tomboys, while 51% of the adult women reported having been tomboys in childhood. Tomboyish behaviors such as a preference for active, outdoor games, playing with boys, and wearing jeans were also very frequent. It was concluded that tomboyism is statistically quite common and there is little indication that it is abnormal.Keywords
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