A BAN on tomboys will not change their lifestyle, several pengkid (tomboys) told Metro Ahad.

They questioned how the edict by the National Fatwa Council last month would be enforced.

A tomboy named Win asked:

"Surely I will not be arrested if I dress like a man or when I am eating out with other girls?"

Win is certain the fatwa will not change their ways or activities.

"The ban is only on paper as it will be difficult for the authorities to determine if a girl is a tomboy," she said.

Win said most of them did not commit wrongful acts.

"We just want to have fun, but I don't deny there are some who go overboard and fall in love and have lesbian relationships," she said.

Win noted however that a sexual relationship between them would be safe as there was no chance of getting pregnant.

However, she added:

"I know I cannot go on like this forever and one day I will change. If my mother forces me to marry a man, I will force myself to marry," she said.

Asni, 25, said she was amused by the fatwa against tomboys, adding that since "becoming a man" she has led a happier life, falling in love and living with her female friend.

"Right now I do not want to know (about the ban).

"I know we are choosing the wrong path. But I cannot change the way I have always felt," said Asni, who hugged her partner during the interview.