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

[tygati.livejournal.com]

Ah, and whereas for me, I love long hair. On boys or girls. Long and pretty and play-with-able. ^__^

I guess there's no "what guys like" pressure, but what about "what girls like"? I mean, Mikey is very image-conscious, unless it's a quick trip to the store or something. So he's always considering what other boys might see in him.

[shiruartist.livejournal.com]

From what I see- there both is and isn't as much pressure-
Personally, I feel as though society and industry tends to place heavy emphasis on guys looking alright for girls and girls looking alright for guys and guys looking alright for guys... But there doesn't seem to be the same social boundary between women. Of course there are exceptions, and there is that need to look pretty/beautiful/sexy... but I dunno.

I'm probably not explaining this very well. ^^u

[tygati.livejournal.com]

Nah, you're explaining fine. If there is one thing this post has taught me, it is that people have wildly differing thoughts and tastes. ^__^

[shiruartist.livejournal.com]

Awesome! :D