Textual Analysis Of Tomboy

Meltzer, Marisa not only writes about tomboys, but also writes about the increasing amount of acceptance of lesbians. I believe Marisa being a woman is trying to convince the audience that there is no such thing as a man activity and a female activity, once we learn that theory, there will be no division between sexes, the world can finally move on from criticizing or putting a negative tag on such people. She uses Angelina Jolie’s daughter, Shiloh as an example, who dresses like a boy and prefers to be called John. The author is focusing on the evolvement of the unjust and illogical norms that were previously set to gender conformity. This article is focused on changing people’s point of view and reminding them of the importance of evolvement; stores like Target who will not be differentiating between genders are applauded and appreciated for.
It connects with the mother in the story, illustrating the lack of knowledge in people for individuals like Alex; causes bullying and teasing. Thus the moral of the article and the film is that once people begin to accept the term tomboy and consider it as a ‘normal’, then people will soon begin to move away from the hegemonic model of gender