Two topics today. The first was born of me mowing my back yard. The second is me thinking about how to make my YouTube channel better.
Mowing and masculinity
I live in a suburb of Sydney where lawns (front and back) are kept tidy and presentable. The men in my neighbourhood spend their weekends washing their cars, mowing their lawns and undertaking all manner of house maintenance. They do so cheerfully, with great pride. Nearly all of them are lean and fit.
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Y’know, that CuteBraids (or whatever) channel actually made me think again of how little I can relate to anything associated with “traditional femininity” these days. Yeah I do list “clothing and hair design” whenever I get a field online to list interests in… but that’s not in the “popular” sense thereof. No cute braids, that’s for sure.
// did you actually pick up that I am technically a woman? //
I haven’t seen much of IT Crowd, but I thought that little guy was fun. Mowing the lawn Nazca-style sounds damn cool; I kinda wish I had a lawn now =)
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LOL. I had not considered your gender, and had not really picked up anything indicating one way or the other. I just enjoy your conversation and attitudes 🙂 To be honest, my wife is not what most people would think of as traditionally feminine either (at least not in our circles) but when out daughter was born she suddenly adopted this very uncharacteristic interest in hair braiding. 🙂 I’m glad you liked my Nazca approach to lawns – it keeps me sane (well…) Greg 🙂
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If you didn’t, then I’m actually happy =) To be honest, I have no idea why people have made such a fuss out of genders, all those “real man” / “real woman” stereotypes (and then it gets even more confusing in the LGBT community).
Well, then the most important thing would be for your daughter to actually truly share Mom’s interest =D
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I suspect that your comments have inspired me to think about another post – one based on the “why” of such stereotypes. 🙂 Thanks 🙂