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.
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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.