Comments on: Popular Mechanics – 25 Skills Every Man (Person) Should Know: Your Ultimate DIY Guide http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/01/02/popular-mechanics-25-skills-every-man-person-should-know-your-ultimate-diy-guide/ Deliciously Geeky... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nathan http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/01/02/popular-mechanics-25-skills-every-man-person-should-know-your-ultimate-diy-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-358847 Nathan Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:18:13 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/01/02/popular-mechanics-25-skills-every-man-person-should-know-your-ultimate-diy-guide/#comment-358847 "In fact I’m not even sure why Popular Mechanics feels these are skills that only men should know. Do they plan on releasing a similar list for women that covers skills like churning butter, quilting or even getting those pesky stains out? Hopefully they remembered to change their clocks from 1908 to 2008 yesterday." Probably for the same reason we see books like "A Woman's Guide to Investing," even though the stock market acts how it acts regardless of an investor's gender. “In fact I’m not even sure why Popular Mechanics feels these are skills that only men should know. Do they plan on releasing a similar list for women that covers skills like churning butter, quilting or even getting those pesky stains out? Hopefully they remembered to change their clocks from 1908 to 2008 yesterday.”

Probably for the same reason we see books like “A Woman’s Guide to Investing,” even though the stock market acts how it acts regardless of an investor’s gender.

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