Tomboy
In the English-speaking world, girls and women who do not behave according to the given gender roles and sometimes behave like boys or men are called tomboys (in German about "wild, lively girl", tomboy ) .
etymology
Tom , a colloquial abbreviation for Thomas, has been used in English-speaking countries since 1377 at the latest as a kind of common nickname for the common man. From 1579 onwards , Tom Thumb ("Tom Thumb") denotes a short man, and from around 1755–1765 it denotes - mostly used as an adjective or compound word - the male of certain animal species such as tom turkey ("male turkey") or tomcat (" Male cat").
Tomboy “Tom / Mann boy” appears for the first time in 1533 with the meaning “rough, impetuous boy”; since 1579 the meaning "brazen or shameless woman" has been documented and since 1592 finally the meaning "girl who acts like a lively boy". It is also used in this sense by William Shakespeare . Another English name is hoyden .
Use in the German-speaking area
In the German-speaking world, including the ideas behind it, it is mainly imported through gender studies , sometimes used as a compound word , such as in tomboy behavior or tomboy girls , and also used in sexual medicine as a catchphrase for gender atypical behavior of young girls.
Correspondence in German
- Wild caught , u. a. wild, lively child, another non-compulsory shift in meaning to girls in the 20th century, is sometimes seen as out of date in 2005.
- Range , "naughty, wild child / girl".
Tomboys in Art
Various books, films or series present the type of tomboy. Louisa May Alcott created an archetypal tomboy with her character Jo in the novel Little Women from 1868/69. Tomboys in art include a.
- Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
- Georgina from Enid Blyton's Five Friends
- Peppermint Patty from Peanuts
- Ronja the robber's daughter
- Idgie Threadgoode from the novel Green Tomatoes and the film adaptation of the same name
- Haruka Ten'ō from Sailor Moon
- Jean Louise "Scout" Finch from Harper Lees Who disturbs the nightingale
- Arya Stark from A Song of Ice and Fire
Thomas Meinecke's novel Tomboy deals with the phenomenon and tries to combine gender theory with entertainment literature.
In 2011 the French feature film Tomboy by Celine Sciamma was released .
Web links
- Ruth M. Pettis: Tomboys. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture (glbtq). Archived from the original on July 1, 2017 ; accessed December 10, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ tomboy. In: dict.leo.org. Retrieved December 10, 2017 .
- ^ Marianne Koos, Daniela Mondini: Tomboys. Que (e) re masculinity designs. (PDF) In: Journal for Gender Studies and Visual Culture. FKW, p. 3 , accessed on August 10, 2018 .
- ↑ a b tom . In: Douglas Harper: Online Etymology Dictionary . 2001. Retrieved October 24, 2008.
- ↑ tom . In: Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House: Retrieved October 24, 2008.
- ↑ tom . In: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary . MICRA; Retrieved October 24, 2008 from Dictionary.com
- ↑ tomboy . In: Douglas Harper: Online Etymology Dictionary . 2001, accessed October 24, 2008.
- ^ William Shakespeare, John Britton, Samuel Johnson, Charles Whittingham: The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare . Carpenter and Son, 1814, Glossary
- ↑ Alfred Wolf, Judith Esser Mittag: Child and Adolescent Gynecology: Atlas and Guide for Practice . Schattauer Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-7945-2125-0 , p. 173: "The psychic sex"
- ↑ Klaus M. Beier, Hartmut AG Bosinski, Kurt Loewit: Sexualmedizin: Basics and Practice . Elsevier GmbH Germany, 2005, ISBN 3-437-22850-1 , p. 420: "Adrenogenitales Syndrom"
- ↑ Barbara Nolte: The final examination. (No longer available online.) In: Der Tagesspiegel . January 9, 2005, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed December 10, 2017 .