Tristan Taormino - loves butch girls

[Tawse]

Originally Posted by HowSoonIsNow

I just need to pipe in and say that the word *girl* can be considered belittling/demeaning to those of us non-butches as well as it is often misapplied to adult women in general.

That being said, I don't believe the author of the quote is doing that here. I just wanted to point out that the term *girl* is overused in general (and can grate on all identities) whereas when referring to adult males, the corresponding term of *boy* is rarely applied.

completely agree! however among my friendship group, I see a large portion of "as long as it's me or mine calling me a girl I'm ok with it".

So either way... I act according to whatever the person wants to be called.