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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31764672

I start with a couple: knitting and crocheting. They are two of the two most useful things I've learned so far, all thanks to my grandmother and one of my aunts. Creating bags to carry things, repairing pants, jackets and backpacks, creating little cushions for my lower back or to support my wrist when I'm in the office, etc.

I still remember with some humor how my grandmother insisted to me that, as a man, I should not be ashamed of knowing how to crochet.

Oddly enough, my sister is the one who doesn't know how to do either those things lol

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[โ€“] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Every once in a while a guy will know something about women's bodies that makes me go "ooooh OK that one's actually really like kinsey 0 straight" instead of some other weird combination of interests that are approximately straight in a mostly possessive way. Sometimes I'll hear "straight" guys talk about how gross vaginas are but then you hear a guy talking about pH balances and lactobacilli and it's just really obvious which guy actually wants to be in one.