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Cool Meg! Argh, I listed to Battle every morning but of course, today, I was sick and slept in. GRRRRR. Missed it. I love Battle of the Sexes. I don’t think it’s about one gender being smarter than the other either, I think it’s all sort of tongue-in-cheek but it’s fun.
Answers to your questions:
1. Erm, I know a lot more about topics that would be considered girly than I do about topics that might be considered manly. By girly, I mean: cosmetics, weddings, fashion, celebrity pop culture, baking. By manly, I mean: sports, techie gadgetry, beer, burping contests, video games, cars, facial hair. Yes, I’m a gigantic walking stereotype.
2. See above. Although, often, if I refer to something as “girl stuff” I’m probably referring to THAT time of the month, or related topics.
3. Makeup.
4. Yup I was pretty much raised by parents with ironclad gender roles. I don’t have a problem with it, but I don’t have a problem with non-traditional situations either.
5. No boy questions. That requires brain power I do not currently have available.
this is a question i generally think of as being in the “boy realm”… when you smash your thumb or a fingernail with a hammer, what do you do with it once it turns black? how do you get rid of the black?
and of course i only ask this question because i currently have a black moon on my right thumb because i smashed it with the hammer whilst hanging my pink christmas lights in my bedroom window.
1. Oh no. I know a very, very little about a lot of crap.
2. Only when I’m flirting. :)
3. I don’t think I know a lot about any one girly thing…I don’t like to shop, I don’t sew, I can cook but I’m too lazy, and I hate cleaning and therefore do a half-ass job at it. I wear little makeup, I consider a lot of frou-frou stuff just frivolity…maybe I’m a dude and I didn’t know it. Hell.
4. The ability to listen to the noise your car is making and diagnose the problem. I get it right about 80% of the time.
4. Oh no. Both parents worked, both cooked, both cleaned…well, Dad was the only one who worked on the cars. :)
5. No, because that would be perpetrating the gender bias! hahahaha!
Notice I numbered mine the same way you did. :D
Numbered lists = too close to math, apparently.
1. Do you think your knowledge base is gender-specific?
A little of both- I think I grew up with some gender specific, but my job is very male-dominated.
2. Do you ever refer to certain information as “girl stuff†or “guy stuff�
Yup, all the bloody time.
3. What is the most stereotypical “gender topic†you know well?
Baking.
4. What subject area do you know a lot about that might surprise people, given your gender?
Welding, power tools, carpentry.
4. Were you raised with ironclad gender roles? Or were the people in your life “generalists†of a sort?
A little of both. My sister is very ‘girly’ She wants nothing to do with bugs, or tools or ‘boy things’ but conversly I grew up as daddy’s little girl(aka boy).
5. Got a “boy question†to stump me? I promise not to Google
Hmmm- How fast can an eraptor run (the dinasaur whose claw was used to scare people in Jurassic Park. Also the dinasaur whose egg they almost took…)
1. Do you think your knowledge base is gender-specific?
Yes. Mostly guy stuff ’cause my pansy-assed ex-husband wouldn’t do stuff. (Did I just say that? Oops. Sorry. I’m a bit cranky tonight.)
2. Do you ever refer to certain information as “girl stuff†or “guy stuff�
I don’t refer to it as such. I do treat it as such though. I’m not likely to talk to a guy about how a hand bag is made. Nor am I likely to talk to a girl about fixing the snow blower.
3. What is the most stereotypical “gender topic†you know well?
Child rearing
4. What subject area do you know a lot about that might surprise people, given your gender?
Plumbing. Construction.
4. Were you raised with ironclad gender roles? Or were the people in your life “generalists†of a sort?
My father did much of the cooking. My mother did the household repairs. You decide.
5. Got a “boy question†to stump me? I promise not to Google.
What is the optimal age for the, ahem, bend-and-cough appointment?
Hmmm, good questions, Meg.
1. It’s probably more biased toward male issues but I’d like to think that I have a clue on some ‘girl stuff’.
2. See above, lol.
3. How to be wrong about everything according to a woman? [insert very cheeky grin here...]
4. Hmmm, female body image issues, perhaps.
4. Generalist.
5. What does a double-pumper refer to on a car?
1. I know a lot about baseball, which is traditionally a boy thing, but that’s mostly because I’m a genuine baseball fan. Other than that, my stuff is mostly gender-neutral, with the exception of some seriously girly shit from time to time. (MAKE UP. I LOVE MAKE UP)
2) I don’t, usually, but that’s not to say I’m just not remembering.
3) Perfume. I know a lot about perfume. A WHOLE LOT.
4) My mom was an SAHM, so it was mostly gender-traditional, but also surprisingly egalitarian, as my dad cooked, too. So, I don’t know.
5) I’m only asking questions I know the answer to, and wow, am I perpetuating gender bias, but here goes: What’s a ground-rule double? What’s the hidden ball trick? Name one baseball player known for the trick.
To follow-up my question number 5. I had to put out a call to my brother to get a different perspective of the guy question. (I felt mine was way too weak.)
So here goes: Who was the winning quarterback superbowl XIII?
http://whatthehellwasthat.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/a-question-of-gender/
Well, now I’m going to feel like a complete knob, because I don’t KNOW THOSE QUESTIONS. Yeesh. You guys did well. And went esoteric on me.
BUT… Richgold… Terry Bradshaw? And if I got that right, it means I remember answering that question in Trivial Pursuit. If not, then I am zero for all. Thought I’m guessing men should turn and cough by 35?