Tomboy

A tomboy is a girl who behaves according to the stereotypical gender role of a boy. This can include various things:

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• Wearing non-feminine clothes.
• Enjoying boy's games, interests and activities, such as running, jumping, climbing trees, and sports like soccer and baseball.
• Preferring school subjects often considered to be the domain of boys, like math, and science.

Some contribute, and some tomboys themselves think, the substantial cause of their inclination is spending their childhood and/or adolescence in an environment where the male presence or action predominates, and having therefore a lack of female role models. For example,

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