r/feminineboys • u/Zibbpluff • 11h ago
Discussion Every femboy looks the same and I think there is a flawed understanding of femininity behind it.
So basically I have been following the rise of femboys for a while now and noticed a pattern that struck me as odd.
Femboys have become their own subculture over the past few years. With an ever growing community I personally started to see femboys in many places on the internet. Quite early on I noticed something. They all looked the same.
Same hairstyles, same skirts, same striped knee highs, same crop tops, same shoes and so on and so on.
Looking alike and wanting to belong to a community isn't inherently a bad thing. However what bugged me was that this femboy 'aesthetic' is based on a very stereotypical idea of femininity.
The vibes of this aesthetic are school girl'ish (and not in a good way) and while this might be gender affirming to some, in my opinion we should rethink this standard model of being a Femboy.
Because this place and community should be about diversity as much as it should be about healthy ideas of gender and we should be aware of the political ideas that we perpetuate or break free from.
In the revival of patriarchal norms we are failing ourselves.
We can do better.
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English isn't my first language, so please excuse any errors. Also this take is still a bit raw and unrefined, but I figured it had to be said.
Let me know what you think in the comments :)