question #1

[metaphortunate]

brainwane asks:

What was your younger self TOTALLY RIGHT about? Like, people, maybe even you, thought you'd change your mind or behavior, but it was spot-on.

Dudes should do housework. Men should do all the shit work of raising kids, as well as the fun weekends and special trips. My brother should have been forced to do chores around the house just like me. He should have been taught to sew. My dad should have cooked. Having a dick does not make you too good to scrub the toilet.

There's probably more, but that was the first thing that sprung to mind.

Comments

[brainwane]

I agree. Not surprisingly.

[jesse_the_k]

You are 100% correct. But as always, education must be backed up by societal pressure.

MyGuy's mom was a home ec teacher, and each of the four kids did indeed learn how to cook, sew, wash clothes, iron, shop, plan menus.

Of the kids, MyGuy and eldest sister learned their lessons well and still use them*. Oldest brother and elder sister did not.

*And I am so happy about that, words can't express it.

[ironed_orchid]

YES!

My retail job has taught me that GIFT WRAPPING is gendered.

As kids, we all saw gift wrapping as a fun activity. But apparently as we grew up, I kept doing it and my brother, and our male contemporaries stopped. Working in the shop, men are twice as likely to request gift wrapping, and I have had to train young men on the staff things I take for granted like how to fold the corners around a book or a box.

There are exceptions, my dad wraps things beautifully.

ETA: This was a bit of a tangent, but this time of year I am reminded of how many simple tasked are gendered, and it pisses me off.