Masculine women who don't fall under the reverse_trap tag

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I've come across posts featuring women with rather masculine faces and postures that I personally wouldn't classify as reverse_trap. These women have prominent breasts, often even long, relatively feminine hairstyles—they don't give the impression of being men, yet their energy is simply... masculine.

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It's not even a matter of fashion so much as the artist's style. Below are illustrations with similar clothing to some of the illustrations above, but they don't achieve the same effect. Some of them have the reverse_trap tag, some don't.

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In a way, the posts featuring male_focus, not women, can be viewed in a similar way, where differences in the artist's style significantly impact the perception of the characters. Both illustrations feature a pair of men in the exact same outfit, and the fact that they are men isn't surprising (they're not traps). However, in the second post, they look more masculine.
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Is there a tag that describes this situation?

The tag man_face probably doesn't fit either. I also looked for examples in the araki_hirohiko_(style) tag and in pool #6118, but they are not clear about this concept either

Ylimegirl said in forum #435847:

Crossdressing (FtM) seems to apply to a lot of these. Maybe tomboy also.

It's true that a lot will include crossdressing, but this tag is filled with much more feminine women, and I think that theoretically at least men's clothing is not a requirement for what I'm looking for.

Feminine crossdressers:
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The tomboy tag isn't it either. Most tomboys have a bit of muscle but delicate faces.

BaiserLaVerite said in forum #435861:

broad shoulders describes well the style that results in female characters looking masculine (usually because the artist is used to drawing dudes for yaoi).

Thanks to this tag I found 2 more posts that fit, but most of them are not the thing either
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I think part of what sets these posts apart might be the eyes? Quite small, often sanpaku or similar.

Comparing the characters in this illustration, the redhead has much smaller eyes.

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