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KodyKeir posted...

Everyone should learn how to sew.

That and cook. I was half-decent at sewing back when we covered it in our Home Ec equivalent in junior high, but pretty much all of that is gone now because I didn't use or practice those skills at all through high school or beyond. I should really make an effort to relearn it, since I've got some jeans that need patching (I tend to wear holes in the crotches).

LinkPizza posted...

We should get rid of ideals like this. We shouldnt really be considering things like sewing masculine or feminine, tbh

Indeed. There's absolutely zero benefit to gendering basic life skills, whether it's sewing or carpentry. Everyone should be taught everything. Those that are in relationships can defer to their partner to handle the skills that their partner is better at, but doing that pre-emptively on the basis of gender instead of based on who's more capable is just stupid. That means single people are out of luck, as are those in same-sex relationships (not that the sort of people that give guys a hard time for sewing typically consider same-sex relationships legitimate), plus you end up with a bunch of people who just aren't great at a given skill doing it because their partner has never learned how.

Of course, with the Internet around, learning is easier than ever even without broader educational efforts, which is gradually solving the gendering issue. Now, we just have to wait for it to become normalized.