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

[pineapplechild.livejournal.com]

I'm not super butch, but more so then otherwise, I suppose. And, yeah, I wear girl's clothing-- but the only reason I don't wear straight up men's clothing is because of my luscious figure *winks*. However, just to be clear-- I don't want to be male. (I live with someone who has chosen to, so the distinction is important to me.)
Even at my butchest, it's not looking like a boy. It's co opting their clothing. And I like men's clothing, esp. formal clothing like suits. I like a lot of the ritual associated with it, and the character that comes along with the costume. (Because clothing can be a bother, clothing can be armor-- but clothing is always costume and the construction of the outside perception.)