The Taiwanse "girl role guy role" couple?

[yamato]

I've only been here for 4 months and I'm from the UK (which is fairly liberal in terms of gay/lesbian relationships) but I've seen tons of what I would describe as 'lesbian couples'. The odd thing about this is that, whereas I 'occasionally' see gay couples in the UK I almost exclusively see 'lesbian' coulpes in Taiwan -and i see them on an almost daily basis.

What's also strange about these sightings is that these 'couples' (I'm assuming they are from the hand holding) seem to have a very distinct dress code; one wearing very feminine clothes and the other wearing baggy (manly?) clothes, with short hair and even affecting a male swagger. These couples are almost always between 18-25 (ish) and I never see older 'lesbian' couples.

I asked my girlfriend about this and she seemed equally clueless so does anyone know who these people are?

1. Are they actually lesbian couples and if so
2. Why are there so many?
3. What happens to them after the age of (about) 25?

[Huang Guang Chen]

Yeah I can understand that. A lot of the blokes look like girly men.

HG

[Dragonbones]

. What happens to them after the age of (about) 25?

The one wearing the baggy clothes finally hits puberty and thus starts looking like a man?

[Dr. McCoy]

A lot of girls in Taiwan just like to hold hands. So they are probably not all lesbians.

[bob_honest]

"Lesbianism in Taiwan" is a subject where I most certainly require more and very detailed information ...

[TainanCowboy]

Your 'girlfriend' is not telling you everything she knows.


I like lesbians...they usually buy their own drinks.

[yamato]

There are some very odd responses to my post

I won't pretend to understand all of them...

But seriously, these are not boys, they are young girls dressed as boys. how do I know? Because the young guys all seem to wear exactly the same puffer jacket and the same hair cut. These girls have a hair cut ilke this:




They may well not all be lesbian's but what with this look Girl on the left)

[Josefus]

Maybe they just like rainbows?

[BigJohn]

I have noticed the same thing. I even once saw a girl kiss her "girlfriend" on the lips at a bus stop when her bus came and she had to go. It was such a cute little shy kiss, and in plain view of everyone, but noone else seemed to notice. I teach junior high boys, and some of them put their hands all over each other. Their behaviour would definitely be considered a bit odd in the UK! Holding hands, smacking bums, grabbing crotches as a playful attack, sitting there with their arms around each other, etc. Perhaps we can look at it as the innocent, guiltless expression of normal variations in human sexuality. This isn't a gulit-oriented Christian culture. They don't repress things the same way we do, so maybe those little pockets of homosexual interest that exist within many straight people worldwide are not hidden here, at least not in the youth. I think the question about it being real lesbianism (or male homosexuality) as we would understand the term(s) depends on how far they go, or want to go.

[Monk]

You are right, there does seem to be more of what you are talking about. I noticed it as well, and have asked many times and the response is always "look at the guys". None of them including my good friends fit into that traditional Taiwanese wife role. Plus I often hear "How could I not be a lesbian here with all the beautiful women". I always agree on that one.

Sure I missed a lot but those are the usual responses I get.

edit, hit post before I finished..