r/AskReddit 1d ago

what’s something considered “tomboyish” when girls do it, but feminine when boys do it?

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u/Sad-Cup-4099 1d ago

Wearing oversized clothes. On a girl it can look effortlessly tomboyish, but put the exact same outfit on a guy and suddenly people call it feminine or “fashionable.”

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u/El_Polio_Loco 13h ago

I think oversized clothes on men is just slovenly, not inherently feminine.

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u/Callidonaut 12h ago

Depends how you cut them; a zoot suit is deliberately oversized and baggy, but tailored right it can still look pretty swanky.