Outsiders often characterized the basketball girls as funny, charismatic tomboys. Tomboys who do not do such are often stigmatized, usually due to homophobia. The Council said that girls who wear trousers are at risk of becoming sexually-active "tomboys". In Tsarist Russia, young women would sometimes pose as men or act like tomboys. Tomboys are expected to one day cease their masculine behavior. We share a background as lawyers, Californians, and tomboys. The "tomboys" were generally single women, but were older than the "flirts". Netizens even labelled her one of China's Four Main Tomboys of the past century. A number of fictional characters have been described as tomboys. Tomboys have also been noted to demonstrate a stronger interest in science and technology.