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For example workplace harrasment by women towards males like touching or groping being ignored because the victim is male but if it where to happen to a woman by a male the male would be fired

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (4 children)

i can sew my own clothes and bake?

Weird. Creepy.

Hard disagree. I wish I knew how (and had the time to) make my own clothes. And, who doesn’t love baked goods? These both sound awesome.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Girly" things are ok as a career, but not a hobby.

If you're a professional Tailor, it's a respectable job that people seek you out for, but if you just like to sew...

Chefs are predominantly male, but if you're a guy that just likes to cook, "what are you, a housewife?"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I guess it’s cultural, or regional, or just who you spend time around. Among my male friends, most of whom are straight and married with children, I don’t think any of them would even blink an eye at either of these things.

I do have colleagues from other cultures and US regions (US Italian, Central America, rust belt) who I’d bet would act the way you describe. I’m not jealous of that aspect of those cultures.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

For sure, and I appreciate that.

They're great skills, and if you watch a couple YouTube videos on making your own clothes, you'll be shocked at how simple it is and how little time it takes.

I feel very comfortable sewing and baking, this is just the best answers I have for the question.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can find a used machine to practice with and start by fixing and altering.

Local indy sewing shops that I've encountered have been happy to advise and some have open sewing days.

I fix my outdoors gear and clothes routinely, often with hand-stitching, just takes practice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thankfully, I’m not completely void of any sewing skill. I can hem pants, or repair some outdoor gear, as you mentioned. But, I don’t think I could make a complete shirt that didn’t look homemade.

I have a massive wingspan:weight ratio, so I always have to choose between sleeves being long enough on a shirt that’s 4x too big, or sleeves that end 3 inches short on a shirt that mostly fits. If I could make my own shirts and hoodies from scratch, it would be great. I just have too many other hobbies, and not enough time to dedicate to learning a new one right now.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I have a massive wingspan:weight ratio, so I always have to choose between sleeves being long enough on a shirt that’s 4x too big, or sleeves that end 3 inches short on a shirt that mostly fits.

So you look like you just sauntered out of Auschwitz?

You’re the reason why most shirts don’t fit me. I hate “slim fit” shirts, and anything fashionable is so slim fit you would have trouble fitting it over a skeleton or a 1,000-year-old Sahara-desiccated corpse. Why is your kind so common that the marketplace gets flooded with clothing that can only fit a famine victim?

And I’m not obese in the least. I just have a 50-inch chest with a 36-inch waist. I have pecs, not some wafer-thin slabs of barely-there muscle that would have trouble bench-pressing an onion scape.

About the only thing that fits me are 2XL tops that are regular or relaxed fit. Even jackets have gotten into the “reverse-vanity-sizing” madness that has recently beset Canada, with many “size 50” suit jackets really being a size 46 or even a 44.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

even just knowing enough to not consider clothes ruined when a button pops out or a tear forms would be nice