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Wait, a woman that can use tools is a turn off? How in the world?
Guess I am a a turn off. LOL. My dad taught me how to use tools and fix things. Good thing too, my ex-husband was clueless (still is) but while married it saved us a lot of money that I could fix things around the house... and it saves me a lot of money for not having to call a repair man for every little thing. My only hang up, I am kind of fearful of fixing electrical things. I'll change out an electrical outlet or light switch, but that's about it (and even then I turn off the main breaker, lol).
Wait, a woman that can use tools is a turn off? How in the world?
It's because they're intimidated by a woman being more knowledgeable about 'man stuff' than they are. I ran across A LOT of this during my stint as a mechanic. I actually had grown men throw complete temper tantrums in public on several occasions when they realized I would be working on their car...pretty funny if you ask me
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It's because they're intimidated by a woman being more knowledgeable about 'man stuff' than they are. I ran across A LOT of this during my stint as a mechanic. I actually had grown men throw complete temper tantrums in public on several occasions when they realized I would be working on their car...pretty funny if you ask me
A good friend of mine is an auto mechanic and she has awesome stories like that too
I also witnessed quite a few arguments between my old boss and customers because they demanded I be removed from their vehicle and they wanted one of the 'guys' to work on it instead. It was automatically assumed that the guy (even the janitor) knew more about cars than I do because I'm a woman. The worst was when women were the ones demanding it
A good friend of mine is an auto mechanic and she has awesome stories like that too
I also witnessed quite a few arguments between my old boss and customers because they demanded I be removed from their vehicle and they wanted one of the 'guys' to work on it instead. It was automatically assumed that the guy (even the janitor) knew more about cars than I do because I'm a woman. The worst was when women were the ones demanding it
Thus is life.
Then why do you think its because men are intimidated by it, given women had a problem also? There are many plausible reasons, albeit irrational ones. Some may question your competence. Some people expect a social order. And for some people it ruins their sense of aesthetics. I have been with several women who just like to be around me when doing manual labor like splitting wood. That's what they told me. When a girl does manual labor , great, glad its done but its not a turn on. There is no instinct for it like when a dog plays fetch.
Never saw a girl tech though, and I was a jobber. Used to see a few sales girls from transmission shops...
Us men are conditioned to be attracted to very feminine women but in today's tough dog eat dog world, I am afraid that women who display mostly stereotypical female traits are becoming less common. I encounter lots of women who act and look like men to survive in a man's world.
I have to admit the most attractive women to me are ULTRA FEMININE.
They are: soft, sweet, have a voice that is higher pitched, gentle, nurturing, sensitive, emotional.
They also do everything they can to look like a woman: Makeup, clothes, long hair, nails, etc.
Do YOU like a woman like that for a relationship, or do you prefer "one of the guys" type women who has a mixture of male and female traits?
No thanks...most of the time those women are often over emotional, whinny, prissy, snobby, lazy, shallow, one dimensional, boring and too sensitive.
I don't know why the ultra negative spin on ultra feminine women, but I like the guys who would only date ultra feminine women, which is probably only 1/2 a percent of all men... and also probably why I'll be single forever. welp.
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LOL. My dad taught me how to use tools and fix things. Good thing too, my ex-husband was clueless (still is) but while married it saved us a lot of money that I could fix things around the house... and it saves me a lot of money for not having to call a repair man for every little thing. My only hang up, I am kind of fearful of fixing electrical things. I'll change out an electrical outlet or light switch, but that's about it (and even then I turn off the main breaker, lol).
