Yes, which is why latter can be more effectively used as a ‘backhanded complement’ than girly.
Yup. So if you want to take it back the other way, to praise a woman for having traits traditionally considered masculine, it would be more effective to call her e.g. “strong” than “manly.”
Yup. So if you want to take it back the other way, to praise a woman for having traits traditionally considered masculine, it would be more effective to call her e.g. “strong” than “manly.”