I like carpentry and I’m a girl…so what’s it to you?
Some things in life I will never understand. Here are a few of those things:
1) Why people keep wondering why the sky is blue: who cares? Surely it just is and that’s all there is to it, right? We don’t question why Bill Oddie loves animals, or why Geese have long necks. Let’s all focus on more important things, shall we?
2) Why bus drivers can never smile: if you’re a bus driver, why not try it sometime? It really won’t kill you.
3) Why certain men and women think that women should only do certain jobs. This is the one that I am concentrating on today, and it’s a big subject. But still, I am to tackle it.
I had been doing my research and said I was going to make some timber window frames – to which there was an audible gasp, as if a woman had never even picked up a saw before…
It all goes way back, of course…back to the olden days when if a woman tried to wear trousers she’d be proclaimed a lesbian. Back then, men looked at women, who were obviously smaller and not as muscular as men, and laughed at the notion they wanted to do any kind of labour which involved using your hands. Quite simply, the notion of a woman doing anything remotely strenuous was a joke, and that joke has carried on for literally decades. And I have had enough!
Take me, for example. I recently enrolled in a carpentry course at the local sixth form college. An evening class to be precise, and something I had been thinking about for some time. Anyway, so I get there and the class is full of men. Well, apart from me and another older woman who smiled at me as I came in, and made it very obvious that the table next to her was reserved well and truly for me. I went over there and set up, and from that moment on it was a right laugh.
Except for one guy who couldn’t stop making jokes…
It happened the very first time when we were asked to make something. I had been doing my research and said I was going to make some timber window frames – to which there was an audible gasp, as if a woman had never even picked up a saw before. I didn’t care, but then, the next lesson when I was half way through cutting my wood, this guy makes a joke again. Nothing major – just a small quip about how me and this other lady had small arms, but it was enough to set me off, and set me off it did…
Let’s just say that he won’t be making that mistake again, shall we? Seriously: if you’re one of these men, get used to women doing stuff, because we’re much more capable than you would ever believe.
That said, I don’t hate ALL men, so check out the video for a man who I think is cool and really does know what he is doing!
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