Non-Traditional Activities

[Nanimo]

I was wondering about non-traditional activities for men... and this being the testosterone filled forum that it is, I though Apolyton would be the best place to air these questions.

There are plenty of women involved in lots of "male" activities, who are proud of it, and are becoming pretty proficient at these activities in their own right.

So... there must be men who are interested in "feminine" activities? Why are men so unwilling to admit to even trying these activities? Surely the "it just doesn't interest me" excuse doesn't really wash? That's practically relegating traditionally feminine activities as boring, second-rate and not worth considering?

Knitting? Baking? Skincare? Anyone?

[Last Conformist]

Traditional feminine activities are boring, because in the good old days, the patriarchs made the women do all the boring stuff.

[Sava]

TLC is teh correct


Men did all teh cool stuff like PWNING NOOBZ

[RGBVideo]

Is Mercator going to create cool RL-themed maps for Civ4?

Let's face it: knitting is dreadfully boring. It's repetitive, slow-paced, and creates a marginally useful product which could be produced with like 1/100th the energy and 1/50th the time with machines invented more than 100 years ago.

I like baking my own bread and pizzas since there isn't a decent bakery selling fresh bread in at least a 500 mile radius from here... then again, I've never thought of it as a feminine activity.

I'm not sure what you mean with "skincare"... AFAIK, skin"care" products are mostly skin destruction products, filled with various chemicals falsely advertised to make the skin more beautiful. Soap and olive oil are all the care my skin needs.

[Japher]

men who do that sort of thing are called "metrosexual" or gay, and they are around... generally in upscale restaurants and the Banana Republic