The final girl is boyish. she is not fully feminine, her smartness, gravity, competence in mechanical and practical matters, and sexual reluctance set her apart from other females and ally her with the males.
the tomboy heroines of action films share with Clover's Final Girl a peculiar gender status, and an ambivalent relationship to sexuality. there is a sense of a transitional state - as if the 'masculine' clothing forms a disguise behind which the 'real' figure of the woman is glimpsed. the tomboy's masculine clothing emphasises her girlish sexual attractiveness.
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