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Sewing kits, to me, sound kinda boring. Why not Lego for everyone? Lego is great! It stimulates creativity and you can do whatever you want with it. If you want

Sewing kits, to me, sound kinda boring. Why not Lego for everyone? Lego is great! It stimulates creativity and you can do whatever you want with it. If you want to play with cars you can make em out of Lego. If you want to roleplay, you can make buildings and use the Lego minifigures! Doesn't that give you the best of both worlds? Heck, even if you're not interested in building your own stuff from scratch, a lot of sets are tons of fun, and all they require you to do is follow instructions.

zamalek 11y ago
> Sewing kits, to me, sound kinda boring. They do to me too! However the tech industry isn't the only industry with these problems, we just talk about them more. I bought up the nurse example because it's one I'm familiar with: I dated a nurse. By the time she graduated (around 2007 I think) her academic hospital had zero, as I recall - less than 2 to be safe, male nurses. I knew some civil engineers at college, out of their whole class: 2 women. Every industry is experiencing it in both directions. It's more unfair to women as the higher-salary industries tend to be the male-dominated. However, if my son wanted to be a nurse I'd want him to be able to figure that out and then feel that it was completely normal. This childhood self-discrimination is pervasive and needs to be fixed.
- rewqfdsa 11y ago
  > This childhood self-discrimination...needs to be fixed I'm baffled by how you can believe that individual choice can be a problem that needs to be fixed. Do you believe that people should be directed into non-traditional fields against their will? Or do you believe that they're not competent to make their own decisions?
  - zamalek 11y ago
    > individual choice can be a problem that needs to be fixed. Every comment I have written (including the root and the parent of your reply) explain how this is not what I am saying at all.
twic 11y ago
On the other hand, sewing is pretty useful. I have had many pairs of trousers whose lives were greatly extended by my making repairs to them. Although at some point, i discovered that superglue was much easier than sewing.
- dllthomas 11y ago
  I just darned some slacks and fixed a button yesterday. It's a good skill to have.
  - jay_kyburz 11y ago
    I fixed a button on my shorts. It's not pretty but my pants stay up.
    - dllthomas 11y ago
      Right on :) I feel like there's a weak parallel to be made between F/L/O software and sewing (and other DIY repair/customization).
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zamalek 11y ago

> Sewing kits, to me, sound kinda boring. They do to me too! However the tech industry isn't the only industry with these problems, we just talk about them more. I bought up the nurse example because it's one I'm familiar with: I dated a nurse. By the time she graduated (around 2007 I think) her academic hospital had zero, as I recall - less than 2 to be safe, male nurses. I knew some civil engineers at college, out of their whole class: 2 women. Every industry is experiencing it in both directions. It's more unfair to women as the higher-salary industries tend to be the male-dominated. However, if my son wanted to be a nurse I'd want him to be able to figure that out and then feel that it was completely normal. This childhood self-discrimination is pervasive and needs to be fixed.

rewqfdsa 11y ago
> This childhood self-discrimination...needs to be fixed I'm baffled by how you can believe that individual choice can be a problem that needs to be fixed. Do you believe that people should be directed into non-traditional fields against their will? Or do you believe that they're not competent to make their own decisions?
- zamalek 11y ago
  > individual choice can be a problem that needs to be fixed. Every comment I have written (including the root and the parent of your reply) explain how this is not what I am saying at all.

twic 11y ago

On the other hand, sewing is pretty useful. I have had many pairs of trousers whose lives were greatly extended by my making repairs to them. Although at some point, i discovered that superglue was much easier than sewing.

dllthomas 11y ago
I just darned some slacks and fixed a button yesterday. It's a good skill to have.
- jay_kyburz 11y ago
  I fixed a button on my shorts. It's not pretty but my pants stay up.
  - dllthomas 11y ago
    Right on :) I feel like there's a weak parallel to be made between F/L/O software and sewing (and other DIY repair/customization).

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