--- hell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I learnt to knit and sew at an early age, and so did
> my brother - he made
> most of his clothes when he was at University, and
> saved a considerable
> amount of money in the process.
>
> All the kids learnt how to cook proper meals - boys
> and girls.
>
> Of course this lack of stereotyping had it's
> downside. I was expected to
> take my turn at mowing the lawns, and taking out the
> rubbish (just like the
> boys), and they in turn, had to help with the
> dishes, and the food
> preparation.
>
When I was a kid, in about Grade 7 or 8, they offered
home economics to the girls and shop (wood and metal
working) to the boys - that was "just the way it was"
and few people, if any, even questioned it, although
some might grumble quietly. Now, boys and girls take
both. My daughter had a lot of fun with woodworking.
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