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[–]MyLongestJourney 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

It denotes the harm of gender stereotypes. If you are female and like stereotypical masculine activities you are dubbed a tomboy..

[–]piylot 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

But from my experience tomboy wasn't used pejoratively, girls happily called themselves tomboys, and it didn't have any implications about being in the wrong body. It does have "boy" in the name, but nobody would make any mistake in understanding tomboys were girls.

[–]candiedDagon 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

During what decade was tomboy used for girls? I’m a millennial and I know I had heard the word but didn’t personally know any self-referred tomboys. Maybe I didn’t do enough sports.

[–]piylot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In the 2000s for me (UK), and don't recall it being used as an insult, though I wasn't particularly a tomboy.