Vada Sultenfuss is a very unconventional type of young girl. Vada is bold, independent, adventurous, emotional, and nurturing. This mixture of masculine and feminine traits that Vada possesses are in alignment with psychological androgyny. The term psychological androgyny is used to describe individuals who have personality traits that are typically associated with both males and with females, not just one or the other. Some examples of psychological androgyny are men who cry often, women who would rather compete than collaborate, men who are nurturing, etc. Being psychologically androgynous allows for an individual to be both nurturing and aggressive, emotional and logical, or dominant and submissive regardless of gender norms (Holway, Childhood