I found that taking a sewing class or learning to sew wouldn't be that big of a deal for me. The reason being is I ballroom dance, and I'm sponsored by a designer that makes all of my dancegear. And they are all dudes. They used to work with Kenneth Cole NY's design team for mens fashion, and suits. So posting that I'm learning to sew only brought encouragement, and thats sweet. So I tried posting on my wife's facebook that she's taking up kick boxing. She is the perfect picture of being a girl in a hegemonic masculine society. She sings, dances, sews, cooks, bakes, & everything else in between. So I posted that she was going to pick up kick boxing. I need more time to see whats going to happen. So far only words of encouragement have been posted, but her family hasn't logged on yet, so we'll see.
Raimo
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i guess if you were compared to a man who did nothing of the other activities that you do, you would receive less backlash than him because it is so out of the ordinary for him.
I think your post goes back to the discussion we had in class the other day about males being the elite in every area. Your designer friends are clearly doing well and would not be criticized with that post either because they are good at what they do. Men can get away with crossing gender codes if they are more successful at it then women.
I think it's really cool that you were unable to post on your wall because you've already jumped out of the set gender codes. good for you! It will be interesting to see what kind of feedback your wife gets...
There's an interesting contrast between your post and some of the other guys. I guess it really depends on how your friends view you and your existing interests.
It seems more acceptable for guys to be involved in more female oriented activities, but I still don't think it is as common as girls being involved in male-oriented activities.
because your friends and family have been so accepting of your interests i'm interested in how your wife's friends and family will respond to her status.
Why do you draw a connection between the fact that you ballroom dance and it being more socially acceptable for you? I'm not sure what you are suggesting. Is ballroom dance considered a less-masculine sport? Maybe your fashion-sense you get from ballroom dance influences you to want to sew?
Definitely depends on who your friends are and the kind of activities that you usually participate in.
I think that already being in ballroom dance would make a difference to people's responses. You are already dancing, which unfortunately is not seen as particularly manly by the men, yet we women adore it!
It's interesting that depending on what social circle we are apart of how things are seen as acceptable.
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