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So the other day I read the following thread:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/where-all-ladies-415530/index3.html

and... of course... it got me thinking. Ok, ok, ok, brewing is a gender-neutral hobby that happens to be something of a sausage-fest on the whole for some reason. But, how many hobbies are out there that are simply gender-specific by design or as a matter of course? Turns out... Not too many. Below I have a comprehensive guide to those few hobbies, unlike brewing, that one can retreat to if the co-ed nature of our hobby proves to be too much.

Male)

Watch-fob enthusiasts

Hub cap collectors

Mailbox baseball players

Getting really pissed off and breaking your hand on a steel door

The watching of hidden web-cam footage of college girls brushing their teeth

Davey Crockett memorabilia collecting

Belching competitions

Making makeshift melee weapons (outside of a prison setting)

Geddy Lee fanclub membership events

Backwards-facing-college-lacrosse-team-white-baseball-cap enthusiasts

Fart-lighting

Panelling


Female)

Walking really frigging slowly on sidewalks

Underdressing for the weather (also know as "clubbing")

1-seater toilet conversations

Childhood family videos/photo review (your own, not your child's)

Rollerderby (yeah I dont get it either. I'm not complaining though)

Group or singles ovulating



Other than these, there would appear to be no hobbies that a woman (or a man for that matter) would or should be excluded from by design.

*sigh* it will pass
 
Scratch Hubcap collecting, makeshift weapons and Davy Crockett of the list... I have known women who did all of those, particularly the weapons and hubcaps
 
I'm afraid you're going to have to cross out the smashing your hand on a steel door hobby, as well. Is nothing sacred?
 
Belching? Ever watch that stupid show with Jessica Simpson?? And I liked her up till I saw/heard her belch. Still kind of like her maybe
 
Scrapbooking, knitting, needlepoint and crocheting seem to be lady things. And quilting
 
fizgig said:
Scrapbooking, knitting, needlepoint and crocheting seem to be lady things. And quilting
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But, I have seen men knitting and crocheting in hospital waiting rooms. I don't know what needlepointing is, so I don't know if I've seen ANY body do that. :drunk:

Probably not too many men quilt, but I don't know if none of them do. Some of the best seamstresses (seamstressors?) are men, if successful designing/costuming is any indication. Especially in Broadway.
 
fizgig said:
Scrapbooking, knitting, needlepoint and crocheting seem to be lady things. And quilting
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I (a man) crochet regularly. It's a part of the theme of my hobbies- take basic ingredients or supplies and make something cool: cooking, homebrewing, baking, building, crocheting.
 
weirdboy said:
"swordfighting" is definitely a male thing. Although I would be hard-pressed to find anyone who does that as a hobby.
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Jumped the shark!!
 
Yooper said:
But, I have seen men knitting and crocheting in hospital waiting rooms. I don't know what needlepointing is, so I don't know if I've seen ANY body do that. :drunk:
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You know why...ever try to find a man sized thimble? Its not a hobby, I'm just cheap and would rather stitch my kids clothes back up than buy new. I scoured the internet trying to find a thimble to fit my finger until I finally reached a thimble factory in England. After I sent them the measurements of my thumb, their response was, "Have you ever tried using a shot glass?"
 
Pretty sure my 7 year old daughter will be in the belching & fart lighting clubs as soon as she finds out about them. My wife caught her sucking toothpaste from the tube and then brushing her teeth (thank god she has her own toothpaste).

If that's not a sign of a future diehard bachelorette, I don't know what is.

Btw, I sew - mostly hand stitching of rips and tears. I learned in my 20s because I didn't want to have to ask my mom or pay a tailor every time I got a hole in a shirt. Now I fix my wife's dresses and daughter's stuffed animals.
 
I like to scratch my balls. Women don't have that luxury. And if they do, they're not truly women to begin with.
 
Gotta scratch the belching off the list... spent one summer surveying a drainage ditch with a woman that could (and did on a regular basis) out belch and out fart me. And considering we ate Godfathers Pizza almost every day for lunch (it was about the only option in town), I was packing some pretty potent munitions by the end of each week.
 
I always chuckle when I see anything related to "gender-specific" pop up in new posts.

It's pretty much like naming a thread "Hey, Yooper!"

Hmmmm...not the first response, though. .... asleep at the wheel, are we Yoop? :)

(Actually, don't answer that. You were probably doing something awesome that would make me jealous anyways!)
 
I was a survival equipment specialist (maintaining parachutes and floatation equipment) in the Air Force. Spent 6 years listing a Singer sewing machine as my service weapon. My mom was thrilled when I came back from tech school and could hem pants and sew curtains better than she could.
 
Yooper said:
But, I have seen men knitting and crocheting in hospital waiting rooms. I don't know what needlepointing is, so I don't know if I've seen ANY body do that. :drunk:

Probably not too many men quilt, but I don't know if none of them do. Some of the best seamstresses (seamstressors?) are men, if successful designing/costuming is any indication. Especially in Broadway.
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Yoop, men can't be seamstress because they can't "mendstraight" :D
 
fizgig said:
Scrapbooking, knitting, needlepoint and crocheting seem to be lady things. And quilting
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My mom works at a fabric store, there are a bunch of men who knit, cross stitch, crochet, and quilt. A lot of surgeons do the above, as it keeps their fingers nimble, and skills up.

I had to learn to sew, for working on airplanes (dope and fabric repair). My mom didn't know what to do when I started explaining to some lady in the fabric store how to make a flat french felled seam. She also comes to me for any sewing with a curved needle, as she can't seem to make it work.
 
forstmeister said:
I like to scratch my balls. Women don't have that luxury. And if they do, they're not truly women to begin with.
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No, but when we get home from work, some of us, er, well endowed, women, can let the girls loose and scratch like you guys do. And since the girls are about 100 times bigger than the little boys, it's a pretty awesome activity. At least, my husband enjoys the show. :drunk:

I have "girl" hobbies, I swear I do! I mean, just today I made liquid soap. Soapmaking is mostly female, maybe? I hunt, and I went fishing yesterday, and I drive a pick up. I kayak, camp, canoe, hike, backpack, play hockey, and brew. That, plus soapmaking, working on my backyard pond and fish keeping, keeps me pretty busy!

I can crochet, and knit, believe it or not. I just don't do it very often because sitting still is an issue for me.
 
Yooper said:
I have "girl" hobbies, I swear I do! I mean, just today I made liquid soap. Soapmaking is mostly female, maybe?
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Sorry, Yooper, but there is a movie that I would like to mention (even though there are two very clear rules that I shouldn't talk about it) where men made soap.

As for letting the girls loose, I think we can list it all under either scratching or unrestraining the dangley bits and it covers both sexes.
 
Yooper said:
No, but when we get home from work, some of us, er, well endowed, women, can let the girls loose and scratch like you guys do. And since the girls are about 100 times bigger than the little boys, it's a pretty awesome activity. At least, my husband enjoys the show. :drunk:

I have "girl" hobbies, I swear I do! I mean, just today I made liquid soap. Soapmaking is mostly female, maybe? I hunt, and I went fishing yesterday, and I drive a pick up. I kayak, camp, canoe, hike, backpack, play hockey, and brew. That, plus soapmaking, working on my backyard pond and fish keeping, keeps me pretty busy!

I can crochet, and knit, believe it or not. I just don't do it very often because sitting still is an issue for me.
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I read nothing but Yooper's reply and had to share with my.... err.... well-endowed SWMBO. A sigh of relief followed by rubbing is common practice here when the straps that bind her are released.
 
I say building the largest bonfire possible to be mans passtime, especially when it involves gas and trying to melt glass bottles
 
CreamyGoodness said:
Good God Man, how big is your thumb??
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Big enough that I actually did find a 3/4 shot glass that works pretty well.

Oven mitts are another story...I found some lady in Arizona that now has a booming business making XXXL oven mits. Ok, "booming" might be a bit of an exaggeration but she definitely has the market cornered.
 
Ha, that reminds me a "contest" we always had with the city kids when they would come out to the farm. We would make sure we were playing near the pasture after downing a bunch of Kool-Aide. One of us country kids would declare, "Hey I bet I can hit that wire...hmm, I missed. I bet you can't city kid." Within 30 seconds most of us were rolling on the ground in laughter and 1 was rolling on the ground...not laughing.
 
Ace_Club is pretty much a master soapmaker, so guys definitely do it too.
 
GVH_Dan said:
Ha, that reminds me a "contest" we always had with the city kids when they would come out to the farm. We would make sure we were playing near the pasture after downing a bunch of Kool-Aide. One of us country kids would declare, "Hey I bet I can hit that wire...hmm, I missed. I bet you can't city kid." Within 30 seconds most of us were rolling on the ground in laughter and 1 was rolling on the ground...not laughing.
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If only they had watched Ren & Stimpy...

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