Editing Tomboy (section)

====Association of tomboyism with lesbianism====

During the 20th century, [[Freudian psychology]] and backlash against [[LGBT social movements]] resulted in societal fears about the sexualities of tomboys, and this caused some to question whether tomboyism leads to [[lesbian]]ism.<ref name="Abate">{{cite book |last1=Abate |first1=Michelle Ann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pYdrZNd7B1sC&q=wholesome |title=Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History |date=2008 |publisher=Temple University Press |isbn=978-1-59213-722-0}}</ref> Throughout history, there has been a perceived correlation between tomboyishness and lesbianism.<ref name="ELHAC">{{cite book |last=Brown |first=Jayne Relaford |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0EUoCrFolGcC |title=Encyclopedia of Lesbian Histories and Cultures |publisher=Routledge |year=1999 |isbn=0815319207 |editor=B. Zimmerman |pages=771–772 |chapter=Tomboy |quote=The word [tomboy] also has a history of sexual, even lesbian, connotations. [ ... ] The connection between tomboyism and lesbianism continued, in a more positive way, as a frequent theme in twentieth-century lesbian literature and nonfiction coming out stories. |access-date=21 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908201215/https://books.google.com/books?id=0EUoCrFolGcC |archive-date=8 September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Halberstam" /> For instance, Hollywood films would stereotype the adult tomboy as a "predatory [[Butch (lesbian slang)|butch]] [[Dyke (slang)|dyke]]".<ref name="Halberstam" /> Lynne Yamaguchi and Karen Barber, editors of ''Tomboys! Tales of Dyke Derring-Do'', argue that "tomboyhood is much more than a phase for many lesbians"; it "seems to remain a part of the foundation of who we are as adults".<ref name="ELHAC" /><ref>{{cite book |title=Tomboys! Tales of Dyke Derring-Do |year=1995 |editor=Yamaguchi, Lynne and Karen Barber |location=Los Angeles |isbn=9781555832858 |publisher=Alyson Publications }}</ref> Many contributors to ''Tomboys!'' linked their self-identification as tomboys and lesbians to both labels positioning them outside "cultural and gender boundaries".<ref name="ELHAC" /> Psychoanalyst Dianne Elise's essay in 1995 reported that more lesbians noted being a tomboy than straight women.<ref name="king">{{cite magazine |last1=King |first1=Elizabeth |date=2017-01-05 |title=A Short History of the Tomboy |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/01/tomboy/512258/ |url-status=live |magazine=The Atlantic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108210903/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/01/tomboy/512258/ |archive-date=2017-01-08 |access-date=2017-01-06}}</ref>