Subject: Re: [Homestead] Heinlein, was SE PA going
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:12:44 EST
Former husband and I, although not homesteaders, has a similar arrangement.
I did the cooking and he did the eating. <g>
Sandy
Mid-Mojave
In a message dated 11/17/2008 8:13:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
erthnsky AT bellsouth.net writes:
Ron makes the gravy as I am gravy challenged. Tonight he was reading
about growing cilantro. I do many role that men normally would
do..Homesteading will definitely be a gender bendering experience.
b
Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
>>> "Issues" and "Gender" should only come into play when they make
practical
>> sense.
>>
>
> Gender roles are a luxury that the subsistence farmstead can ill afford.
I
> have delivered babies, I sew, my daughter is teaching me to knit with four
> needles, I do half the cooking, etc. In our kitchen any one of us can
hand off
> the ladel to any other one and the meal goes on unabated.
>
> In the old logging camps the great brawny bearded men traditionally spent
> their free time knitting socks.
>
> James
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