Women Under 30 Losing 'Lady Skills' Like Cooking and Cleaning

[HYDRAE]

shocking I know.

comment section is lulzy.

http://www.mydaily.com/2011/02/04/wo...ec1_lnk3|42288

While today's women are advancing in the workplace and making more money, a new study found that few of them know how to do the same domestic chores their mothers and grandmothers did every day.

Researchers found that only 51 percent of women under 30 knew how to cook a roast while 82 percent of baby boomer females thought it was a cinch. "Women of today tend to be busier, juggling more roles, and are quite prepared to compromise a bit of the homemade just to save some time," social researcher Mark McCrindle told Australia's Courier-Mail.

McCrindle also noted that because these women have bigger paychecks, they don't feel the need to have to bake a cake from scratch or iron their own clothing when instant mixes and dry cleaners are readily available.

"We live in a throw-away culture where, rather than repair something, we will buy a new one, even if it is just a matter of darning holes or sewing on buttons," he said. "As such, many women have lost these skills. If we do want something repaired, women today are more likely to take it to their local drycleaner because they are busy and can afford it."

While older generations may find it disheartening to know that their daughters and granddaughters are without these "lady skills," there are some jobs that research has found women today do more readily than in the past. Over 70 percent of women under 30 admit to taking out the trash, mowing the lawn and washing their own cars.

Which leads us to ask: Why is sewing a button back on still a "lady skill" if we've taken over in all of these departments?

[HYDRAE]

no u

[Iluveketchup178]

but who is going to do the cleaning and the cooking then?

[OSULemon]

I worry about this.

[reyes12]

2012

we are all gonna die of starvation and smell because of unwashed clothing and dirty homes.

wat

[E90335i]

Women arent juggling more, they are becoming more lazy! The article is wrong. Look at all these women in uggs and sweat pants. They cant even take a shower in the morning and get ready.
When I was at purdue, I did not meet one girl on campus that could cook a meal without a microwave. Luckily for me, I can cook pretty much anything and always have been able to. Women are attracted to that because 1) they dont know how to do it and 2) they see how lazy they are and depend on a man to do a lot of things.

But also, most men cant fix basic things around the house and dont own a drill!

[RedAuerbach]

they sure know how to use ******** though no wut im sayin

[captainhorseboy]

no big deal as long as someone isnt specifically avoiding a valuable skill just because they consider it to be "sexist" to know how to cook etc

i just consider it a useful talent. i dont mind cooking and i've sewed buttons when i had to. sucks when you are gonna have people over and have to spend 50 bucks on a veggie platter instead of just cutting that **** yourself

[FuriousTiger]

omfg

what a disaster

[HYDRAE]

i dont mind cooking and i've sewed buttons when i had to. sucks when you are gonna have people over and have to spend 50 bucks on a veggie platter instead of just cutting that **** yourself

lets be reality, 95% of bodybuilders know how to cook anyway. I don't know how you can be successful if you don't.

[ace_gauntlit]

the only solution is to get an older gf. I myself got a 30yo gf and it's the best decision I've made in my life.

It doesn't have to be a cougar or a milf, but get yourself a gf who's a few years older. It pans out.

[American_Maniac]

omfg

what a disaster

[folly412]

brb eating out again, worked an 8 hour day so no time to cook
brb home is a mess, but I'm never home or it's the dog's fault
brb shopping all day for new clothes but can't do a load of laundry

I thought women were naturally better at multi-tasking than men?

Women arent juggling more, they are becoming more lazy!

nvmd, that must be it.

[Gzus]

lets be reality, 95% of bodybuilders know how to cook anyway. I don't know how you can be successful if you don't.

Regardless of who cooked it, food tastes better when dished out by a woman. It's neater on the plate, likely it's coming with a glass of tasty juice and you don't even need to move.

All was well when women were directing that illogical love drive of theirs into practical and useful things (taking care of their offspring, cooking, cleaning, imparting mother knowledge onto their daughters etc). Now it's going clubbing with no purse/money, keeping up to date on the latest handbag/painful shoe technologies and general skankin-it-up-ry.

[LikeAMachine]

I cook and clean better than any woman I know other than my mother.


fuking sad man

[captainhorseboy]

anybody seen that show "you're cut off" on vh1?

[LikeAMachine]

[Assembly_Required]

On a similar note, guys these days grow up never touching a tool. Men under 30 are losing the "man skills" like doing basic repairs and maintenance around the house.

I was thinking about this other day actually - do they still offer home ec or workshop courses in school?

[HYDRAE]

On a similar note, guys these days grow up never touching a tool. Men under 30 are losing the "man skills" like doing basic repairs and maintenance around the house.

I was thinking about this other day actually - do they still offer home ec or workshop courses in school?

sadly this is also correct. The guy I bought my diswasher from was amazed I was going to install it myself.

WTF? all you need is a screwdriver and a wrench.

[jackflag]

Just look at the girls from jersey shore. They don't **** all day except lie in bed, whine, and get plastered. The guys clean and cook for themselves. Pretty much a microcosm of american girls these days as a whole.

[6-SPEED]

On a similar note, guys these days grow up never touching a tool. Men under 30 are losing the "man skills" like doing basic repairs and maintenance around the house.

I was thinking about this other day actually - do they still offer home ec or workshop courses in school?

Well so many things are becoming controlled by computers it seems like in a few years you'll need to be a computer programmer to do maintenance on your vehicle.

[Gzus]

On a similar note, guys these days grow up never touching a tool. Men under 30 are losing the "man skills" like doing basic repairs and maintenance around the house.

I was thinking about this other day actually - do they still offer home ec or workshop courses in school?

Yea a disturbing # of guys barely understand the concept of changing a tire. Dads not doing their jobs these days either.

[Chook Legs]

No big deal. I can do this stuff myself. Just hope I dont have a leaching hoe of a wife that doesnt do anything.

Almost all girls I know cant do anything. Drinking, partying ect comes before anything else. Completely irresponsible. Most foreign (bar the American) girls Ive met though arent like that at all. I gone away with a few of Japanese and Korean girls. I was shocked, they could do everything. Then again I think they were shocked that I guy could do housework.

[ace_gauntlit]

lets be reality, 95% of bodybuilders know how to cook anyway. I don't know how you can be successful if you don't.

It's not about that. Cooking, cleaning, taking care of children, and pleasuring husband are the assigned priorities for a real woman. I don't want a wife who can't cook to save her own life, and instead spends time surfing on ******** and eating candybars all day

[HYDRAE]

It's not about that. Cooking, cleaning, taking care of children, and pleasuring husband are the assigned priorities for a real woman. I don't want a wife who can't cook to save her own life, and instead spends time surfing on ******** and eating candybars all day

I don't disagree.

[Chook Legs]

On a similar note, guys these days grow up never touching a tool. Men under 30 are losing the "man skills" like doing basic repairs and maintenance around the house.

I was thinking about this other day actually - do they still offer home ec or workshop courses in school?

I think it depends on the school. We did a couple of classes but it was with tools that no one is going to have at home. Some laser cutting/plastic making machine, massive belt sanders ect. hardly any hand tools. It was also an ellective in later years. One of my mates had to go to do sewing classes...

I did a couple of degrees that were outdoor orientated. Half of the guys in those classes were absolutely useless when it came to manual work or trying to figure out problems. We had outdoor work where the professors would take groups of students out. One of them told me there is only about 1 person in each of the groups that can actually use a shovel properly.

[Gzus]

One of them told me there is only about 1 person in each of the groups that can actually use a shovel properly.

How did he not blow his brains out halfway through the semester?

[FunSize1990]

I have absolutely no "male" orientated skills.

But common sense stuff like gardening, Fixing leaky taps, painting, checking brakes/lights/battery isn't exactly rocket science.

I think people have the skills, they are just to lazy to use them or waste time even trying them.

Same with women.

[Bubblebath Gorilla]

shocking I know.

comment section is lulzy.


"Women of today tend to be busier

No. Lazier and constantly on ********

[KennyK]

haha

use fuked!