The Re-Definition of the Modern Butch

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Metropolis

did I mention the hair thing?
I did not, it's a major annoyance of the butch "myths" for me because I found I do like to alternately grow out my locks to a shaggy mess now and again.

Ditto. It's this sort of thing (which also applies to femme appearance) that sometimes makes me think that for many people, the whole butch/femme thing is just a matter of physical preferences. Butches have not only short hair, but really short hair. They don't wear makeup, heels, feminine clothes. Really? I'd say that if 'butch' is truly an essential part of one's very being, than hair, clothes, and etc. are irrelevant to the core. The fact that so much emphasis is placed on presentation (again, also for femmes) makes it seem more like a fetish than an attraction to an actual live complex human being.