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Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing
« on: January 31, 2011, 06:24:48 AM »
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 12:05 PM
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Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing
   
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Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing

BASIC "female" skills are becoming endangered with fewer young women able to iron a shirt, cook a roast chicken or hem a skirt.

Just as more modern men are unable to complete traditional male tasks, new research shows Generation Y women can't do the chores their mothers and grandmothers did daily, reported The Courier-Mail.

Only 51 per cent of women aged under 30 can cook a roast compared with 82 per cent of baby boomers.

Baking lamingtons is a dying art with 20 per cent of Gen Y capable of whipping up the Aussie classic, down from 45 per cent for previous generations.

Social researcher Mark McCrindle said: "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.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/national/generation-y-women-losi...

Gonna need some popcorn for this thread, looks like I will have to make my own though...

Don't know too much about primitive women, but this kinda stuff was learned in my family for generations by the time ya was 10!

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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 12:06 PM
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1. I predict this will not end well SS.
   
In fact, I have a buck that says it will be locked before all is said and done LOL.

Hope you're having a Great Day.

Hmmmmmmmm, still there!

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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 12:15 PM
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22. I can hear my daughter now...
   
What's a crock pot? I can't find the onions in the fridge! Where's the pepper! How high should I turn the oven, and how long should I leave the crock pot in it?

I say this totally tongue in cheek. Anyone who knows anything about my relationship with my daughter would understand that it's all in good humor.

It goes on and on like this. I just can't understand why?

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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 12:22 PM
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36. I mastered the crock pot when I was living alone as a single person...
   
I never browned anything though. OOPS!

No wonder I could never get my daughter to eat when she was at my house.

In fact, I learned to cook while married to my first wife, who told me shortly after we were married "I hope you don't think you married someone like your mom... I HATE to cook". I remember coming home from working swingshift to her in front of the TV. She would ask "hungry?" I'd say yes... she'd tell me she had taken stuff out for me to fix myself a sandwich LOL.

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169. haha did you marry peg bundy?

Hehehehehehehe! Now that's funny right there!

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TheOther95Percent Donating Member (137 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 12:53 PM
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93. Right tool for the job.
   
The most dangerous thing in the kitchen is a dull knife.

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97. that is what hubby would tell me. i fell on a steak knife when little
   
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emptying a dishwasher, standing on a chair. when i stood up, i had a knife sticking out of my shin. only time had to get stitches. it was horrible and put fear in me. so bad knife, and handling knife awkwardly was really a problem cutting veggies.

Anyone else think this 'splains a lot about SeaBeyond?

Well, you get the idea, have fun!
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Re: Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2011, 08:19:19 AM »
What the hell is a lamington?
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Re: Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2011, 08:21:58 AM »
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22. I can hear my daughter now...
   
What's a crock pot? I can't find the onions in the fridge! Where's the pepper! How high should I turn the oven, and how long should I leave the crock pot in it?

I say this totally tongue in cheek. Anyone who knows anything about my relationship with my daughter would understand that it's all in good humor.

The government must step in to prepare your meals...
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Re: Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2011, 08:25:23 AM »
Quote from: chris_ on January 31, 2011, 08:19:19 AM
What the hell is a lamington?

An Australian dessert.

I'm really confused by the idea of somebody not being able to iron, it isn't as though it is a complicated process  :???:
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Re: Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2011, 08:52:09 AM »
Quote from: chris_ on January 31, 2011, 08:19:19 AM
What the hell is a lamington?

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Lamingtons are a quintessential part of every Australian's childhood. The little sponge cake is dipped in chocolate icing and then rolled in desiccated coconut.

These little treats are sold at school fairs and bake sales around the country.

These days Lamingtons are also commercially produced however they don't taste as good as the homemade versions.

To make these Lamingtons extra special you can fill them with fresh whipped cream and strawberry jam.
Ingredients:

http://australianfood.about.com/od/bakingdesserts/r/Lamingtons.htm

I rather like the sound of the cream filled ones.
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Re: Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2011, 08:52:58 AM »
Quote from: Celtic Rose on January 31, 2011, 08:25:23 AM
An Australian dessert.

I'm really confused by the idea of somebody not being able to iron, it isn't as though it is a complicated process  :???:

Just keep going until the material is flat.  :-)
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Re: Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2011, 08:57:53 AM »
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The results tally with a recent survey, which found that Australian men from Gen Y were more comfortable changing a nappy than changing a tyre.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/national/generation-y-women-losing-female-skills-such-as-cooking-ironing-and-sewing/story-e6frfkvr-1225996810578#ixzz1CcpvtVE3
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Re: Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2011, 09:03:39 AM »
Meh! I know quite a few Gen X women who can't cook to save their lives....Thank you Gloria Steinem......... ::)
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Re: Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2011, 09:04:59 AM »
Quote from: Celtic Rose on January 31, 2011, 08:25:23 AM
An Australian dessert.

I'm really confused by the idea of somebody not being able to iron, it isn't as though it is a complicated process  :???:
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I know! My mom taught me to iron when I was about 10. Doesn't mean I like it (or do it, for that matter!) but I certainly know how. Funny, I can also roast a chicken and do the basics of sewing (hems, buttons, seams.) I used to sew buttons and iron for the boys in college, nice way to make a little pocket money.
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Re: Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2011, 09:36:34 AM »
Though I don't expect people run out and get a sewing machine, they should know how to sew on a button and sew a basic stitch.

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What's a crock pot? I can't find the onions in the fridge! Where's the pepper! How high should I turn the oven, and how long should I leave the crock pot in it?

This kid is pathetic!!!! :mental:

No wonder some people still live with their parents beyond 20 years old!!
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« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2011, 09:42:07 AM »
I always thought that home ec. and shop/automotive class should be required to graduate high school. Something that teaches the basic skills. The boy knows them but that is because he was taught at home. Now he can roast a chicken better than I can.
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Re: Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2011, 09:58:11 AM »
Quote from: AprilRazz on January 31, 2011, 09:42:07 AM
I always thought that home ec. and shop/automotive class should be required to graduate high school. Something that teaches the basic skills. The boy knows them but that is because he was taught at home. Now he can roast a chicken better than I can.
This is true, and it should be taught beginning in middle school, it doesn't have to be fancy like Sparky's Pello Reno, just basic dishes(chicken stir fry) would suffice.
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« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2011, 09:59:41 AM »
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93. Right tool for the job.
   
The most dangerous thing in the kitchen is a dull knife.


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« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2011, 10:15:37 AM »
My brother and I spent most of our childhood just with our Mom.  We both knew how to cook at an early age, thanks to my Grandmother.  When we were in Jr. High/High School we LOVED wearing ironed shirts.  Mom hated ironing, so she taught us how.  When we complained about what she cooked for dinner, we were told to cook it ourselves.  She gave us cash to do our shopping, and that was all she gave us.  If we ran out, we were eating balogna sandwiches.  Best lesson we ever got. 

My brother still irons his own shirts today, and does most of the cooking. 
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« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2011, 11:18:05 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on January 31, 2011, 10:15:37 AM
My brother and I spent most of our childhood just with our Mom.  We both knew how to cook at an early age, thanks to my Grandmother.  When we were in Jr. High/High School we LOVED wearing ironed shirts.  Mom hated ironing, so she taught us how.  When we complained about what she cooked for dinner, we were told to cook it ourselves.  She gave us cash to do our shopping, and that was all she gave us.  If we ran out, we were eating balogna sandwiches.  Best lesson we ever got.  

My brother still irons his own shirts today, and does most of the cooking.  

Heh! I think "Toots" is allergic to the iron! Hell, I had to pitch a bitch to get her to buy me a new ironing board! The old one wouldn't even stand up anymore. She didn't give a shit, she didn't use it! Some of my shirts have to be ironed, and you can bet yer ass I'm the one who irons them!

Like I said, I think she's allergic!
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Re: Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing
« Reply #15 on: January 31, 2011, 11:34:39 AM »
Quote from: chris_ on January 31, 2011, 08:19:19 AM
What the hell is a lamington?
Sorta like a Down Under spotted dick.
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