Im not sure if this post matters but im bored.
Ive debated on making stickers or candles just to learn something but im unsure as i dont have a use for them afterwards, havent tried it yet because i overthink.
Should i go with one of the crafts i suggest or is there something more suited for men out there, maybe bread making?
I don’t understand the gendered aspect of this question. Surely hobbies are not gendered.
Girls and grandmas knit wool socks whereas real men forge knives… or at least that’s the stereotype. Same thing is happening with computers too. Building a PC is seen as a guy hobby while riding horses is seen as hobby for school girls.
Why though? That sort of division is just archaic. People should be allowed to have whatever hobbies they find interesting. Who cares how that activity was viewed a 100 years ago. You don’t need to worry about obsolete perceptions in the 2020s.
They shouldn’t be, but we are still transitioning out of segregated hobbies. And there are issues when say a knitting group of 60 year old women may be uncomfortable with a man joining. Or vice versa for a stereotypical male hobby.
Why would women be uncomfortable about a dude joining if it’s not a gendered club? I haven’t met knitters of any age who wouldn’t be thrilled to talk wool weights and patterns with anyone. I’m a woman who’s been in and taught a ton of art and craft groups, they’ve all been mixed in age and genders. Art is for everyone.
I agree, but we still have a generation that avoid men as they are a threat to vulnerable women, or seen as they don’t belong.
I’m not if that era. My girls all know how to change tires, brakes and oil on their cars. Two of them capable of doing major auto work. And my son likes nail polish.
But my moms era is still highly focused on gendered activities.
Hobbies are certainly gender-biased. I haven’t met a female iron scrap sculptor in my life, ever. Conversely, I have known several (five IIRC) female painters, but only one male painter.
Disclaimer: I mean real life meeting, social networks or YouTube don’t count. YMMV.
I’m a man. I paint, crochet, sew, have done macrame, cook, bake and garden. I also play multiple musical instruments, work on engines and other mechanical shit, fish, shoot guns, weld, keep bonsai, and so fucking many other things. Hobbies and crafts are just skills learned and practiced for the enjoyment of doing it. I know men and women who do all of the things I do and some things I don’t. Hell, I know a chick blacksmith, and she makes some pretty badass knives, man. Most folks do not advertise their hobbies, they just do them.
There are 8 billion human beings at the moment. That you think your personal sample through individual interactions is remotely representative is a little egotistical at best.
I dont think anybody is arguing that only men can do X or only women can do Y, but more that X may be a more male dominated hobby or Y is more female dominated and these are the people you’re going to encounter if you join local groups, or what have you. It may be awkward depending on your personality.
Take gender out of it and replace it with something like religion and it might make more sense: “if you pick up this hobby you might encounter a lot of fundamentalist Christians” which could be awkward if you’re an athiest for example.
Like I’m into cars/trucks but a lot of people in the automotive hobby can be real douchebags. That doesn’t stop me from enjoying the hobby but it keeps me away from a lot of meetups with strangers.