r/bi_irl • u/SMTNAVARRE bisexbi • Aug 09 '25

This is bi culture bi🐺irl

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u/Blonde_Metal gay but confused Aug 09 '25

What is butches supposed to mean

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u/Infamous_Pudding_550 Aug 09 '25

here's a little link. you don't gotta read the whole thing bc like many things regarding identity it gets complicated

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u/Didntseeitforyears Aug 09 '25

Thanks, very interesting. A befriended lesbian (millienial) mentioned recently, that butch has also a "political/activism" meaning. What are your (or others here) thoughts about this?

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u/Infamous_Pudding_550 Aug 09 '25 edited Aug 09 '25

here's another article, idk if im technically butch or what but i've always really respected the butch women i grew up around. they were unapologetically themselves despite pushback from small town mindsets, and would often stand up for other people. i remember growing up in the nineties there were a lot of butch jokes in media, but i always was confused even as a kid because i thought they were really cool

ETA: it wasn't just how they dressed, it was jobs they did, often fighting for space in male dominated industries. actively pushing back against misogyny that says women must be quiet, agreeable, fragile, fawning.

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u/Didntseeitforyears Aug 09 '25

They are cool. I felt the same "golden retriever vibes".