Why the sex of the DIY person should have any bearing on what they can do I fail to see. Physical size and strength yes but small weedy guys still do DIY.
However the government seemed to think it does make a difference and when I went to school the boys did woodwork, metal work and the girls did domestic sciences.
So as a result woman has not been taught how to use the basic hand tools. Yet plastering a wall must be very like ironing!
From what I understand today schools are better and boys can even learn to cook?
However I and I know my son were very nervous of using power tools and did so because we had to. It was something we had to do at work and we brought home the skills. Had I ended up working in an office then maybe I still would not have progressed to power tools. Since women don't normally have to use power tools at work I can see why they would not want to use them at home.
But in real terms my wife uses far more power tools than I do. I will still grate cheese by hand where she will use a power tool. The kitchen is full of power tools. So in real terms woman are more use to controlling power tools than men in the home.
And throughout my school days we were never allowed to use the grinder. Huge lath yes little grinder no. Funny enough I don't have a lath in my garage but I do have a grinder so seems there was a flaw in teaching methods.
Anyway seems I need to do some DIY I have to do the potatoes for tea! Telling my wife I was not taught how to do it in school does not seem to work!
