Knitting men
No, I don't mean knitting objects that look like men. I mean men who knit!
There's a new DVD out called Real Men Knit. I'm not keen on the title, which seems needlessly polarizing and defensive. ("Yeah, I knit! So I'm a real man. What, you don't knit? Wimp.") The descriptions I've read say that the DVD also has a "take back the knit" (that's a quote from the DVD) angle, saying that it was men who invented knitting. That is true (and in many cultures, men remain the main knitters), but why inject gender debates into this? Why not just say, "Although most people assume knitters are all women, there are lots of men who knit (such as this fellow), too?" and talk about how to get more men interested in this.
There's a new DVD out called Real Men Knit. I'm not keen on the title, which seems needlessly polarizing and defensive. ("Yeah, I knit! So I'm a real man. What, you don't knit? Wimp.") The descriptions I've read say that the DVD also has a "take back the knit" (that's a quote from the DVD) angle, saying that it was men who invented knitting. That is true (and in many cultures, men remain the main knitters), but why inject gender debates into this? Why not just say, "Although most people assume knitters are all women, there are lots of men who knit (such as this fellow), too?" and talk about how to get more men interested in this.
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