Regarding Lesbians

[tygati]

I work at a hardware store. Naturally, this means I get to meet quite a few lesbians and very few gayboys. ^^; Although there was this one pair that I'm pretty sure was...

Anyway, today I saw three lesbian couples, one of them I found to my surprise contained a lady I work with. She introduced me to "her sweetheart", Sandy. It was so cute. <3 They were picking out yard lights. ^_^

What continues to baffle me, though, is one of the other pairs I saw. I really, really don't understand why some lesbians choose to look like boys. I thought she was a boy until she said something. @_@ I mean, the point of being a lesbian is that you like girls... so, er, why would you want to look like a boy? Unless your partner was bi, I guess? Best of both worlds or something?

And I don't mean casual wear either, cause girls can wear casual/grunge/grubbies and still look like girls. No, this was men's haircut, men's shirt, men's pants, may-as-well-have-been-a-man.

*still baffled*

Comments

[silrini.livejournal.com]

Meh. As a person who's generally pretty asexual(there are exceptions for really hot men or women), I can't really help. I notice what looks nice on a person, what I find pretty(read: sparkly jewelry) and other than that, I kinda ignore them. I definitely lean more towards liking pretty things on women, though. Men, eh. The problem is that I like colors and sparklies and looking neat and coordinated. Professional, like. A lot of guys have boring professional wear or just look sloppy and ill-put-together to me, so I have to agree with you. I do think that it's a lot to do with our society and stereotypes that butch lesbians are, well, butch. A lot to do with our society, some to do with stereotypes, some with breaking out against rules set for women(especially if they had family members who were very lady-like and/or submissive to their husbands) and probably some other things.

*shrug* I generally dress in girl clothes, because they have prettier things and I really like those kind of things (*cough*dragoninpastlife*cough*). I wear guy jeans, but that's only because I prefer the larger pockets in guy jeans. Plus, with jeans it's hard to tell if they were made for guys or girls. ^__^

[tygati.livejournal.com]

Ah, now you sound like me with tastes. Nice people in nice clothing = nice to look at. That may very well be my problem with a lot of the butch lesbians. I wouldn't bat an eye if they dressed in 'nice' male clothing, but because they dress like plumbers or slobs, I take note and cringe. >.o