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How Women and Men See Color

13 years ago

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moonshadow
13 years ago
ahaha Precisely! (In my house anyway)
amysrq
13 years ago
Where's the Like button when I need it most? :-)
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Hmmm, so I fuss over "girl" AND "guy" stuff. When it came time to have our electrical box upgraded from the old 100 amp service to the 200 amp service...I was the one asking the questions to the electrician. When our electrician was here this weekend to replace an old light switch that sizzled and fried (littlerally...black smoke coming out and everything!), I was right there, asking him about it. And I LOVE that he explained it to me as a human and not as "okay, little lady, here's what's up with it." When we were getting ready to build a house a few years ago...it was me that fussed over the dual zone heating. And me that fussed over the geothermal heat pump. And me that was asking about the relative advantages and disadvantages of Superior Walls vs. standard foundations. My husband came along for the ride on most of that. In our house, in many cases, I do the research (be it "male" or "female" based. Narrow down the choices to what I find acceptable. Present findings to DH and then we work on finding a decision. But, me, heck yeah, I'm going to be SO excited (seriously!) when it comes time for us to have the HVAC people in to replace our old furnace. But, I'm a little odd like that.
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Faron - I start my Stihl on the floor by sliding my foot through the handle to help keep it steady. However I'm unable to start our generator - the pull cord is too high up and I can't get enough torque - I'd need a stepladder. My profession was dominated by women and I can readily say that I never faced discrimination at work. Of course like most women I've encountered my share of men making crude comments and insinuations and as a young woman was never taken seriously when I took my car in for repair. And there were a few alarming situations where I seriously worried about my safety. When DD was growing up I tried to set an example for her, I felt it was important for her to see me as a capable woman. I wanted her to be strong and independent . When she graduated from college we went to buy her first car. I had already locked in the price online and brought a copy of the sales agreement. However the salesman kept saying that certain items were omitted and he wanted to re-write the agreement and came back with a higher price. I walked out of the dealership. DD was crushed because she thought she wasn't going to get her car. The salesman came running after us and we did get the car - at the original price. It's a story she vividly remembers. However she is now working in a male dominated job and is facing discrimination, ridicule and even career sabotage. There is no HR department, she has to take these issues to her boss - who frequently says that she's whining and then later approaches her when she's alone and rubs her back and says he's sorry. The only other females at her work place are doing clerical or administrative work and are off premises. She's the only woman working on the job with 6 to 8 men. It has become a toxic work environment and she has consulted with an attorney as to how to proceed. I'm proud of her for taking the initiative to get legal advice but she's so disillusioned and stressed that she's also looking for another job.
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Yes. Ha! Depends totally on my mood and if I care to "correct" or "confound" the assumptive person. It's actually not their business. So, I might start talking about the faeries who live with me; or ask if they are dealing with anyone else other than whom they see right before them...
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"Men cook outdoors and the women only cook indoors."
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@Carl Arnold, welcome to the cooking forum! And if you really are a person trying to join in, and not trying to drive traffic to some outside website (why I mentioned no link, but sometimes there's a post that's sort of on topic, and the link comes later), you really are very welcome. As Sherry said, we have problems with bots. Your post was overwritten—very beautifully—for this kind of message board. Your follow up was more normal in tone, but unfortunately the new AI is capable of it all. That said, while we do run to older females in traditional families, we try not to exclude our younger, male, non-binary, non-traditional, unique and diverse posters, and it's right to call us out when we fail in that. Your point about cooking roles being more dependent on individual skills than gender is on topic, and an important POV, no matter how many of us have experienced the calcified classic gender roles in the title of the post. I bought a little table top barbecue last year, and have a littler freestanding one that's cute, but harder to use, and generally too small. I'm not really into outdoor cooking, and don't live in a climate where it's necessary. My little barbecues make my menfolk snicker. They have big and bigger gas grills to cook on...but really only for outdoor parties. I don't get the point (it not being an outdoor kitchen for all cooking in too hot and humid for indoors weather). I think barbecues should burn charcoal and aromatic wood chips to be worth the bother. I use a chimney starter. Barbecues are bad for the air quality, however, so mine are minimally used. The ”outdoors” cooking for us is not a gender thing determined by cultural norms, just a combination of attitudes and druthers that fall that way, informed by weather and circumstance.
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beekeeperswife
13 years ago
I thought this was going to be a thread where we gave our interpretation of this concept....and that drawing is exactly as I was going to describe it!!!

great!
Bumblebeez SC Zone 7
13 years ago
That's fantastic! Now we need the same chart only it's labeled, What Color Men and Women want to Paint a Room.
The left side would stay the same and the man's side would have only white.
bestyears
13 years ago
My husband was absolutely shocked the first time he saw the Ben Moore fandeck -I didn't dare tell him they have more than one. It completely boggles his mind that they could actually sell that many colors. Boggles his mind even more when I have trouble finding one I like from that vast selection
denali2007
13 years ago
My DH's idea of a good color is whatever he finds in the OOPS aisle at Home Depot. It has to be under 5 bucks too. You should see the color of the inside of our garage.
dody40
13 years ago
That is so good that I immediately posted it on my Facebook page. And yes, bumblebeez, is right too. I just love it.

dody
amielynn
13 years ago
That. Is. Fabulous!!!! Love love love it!
lee676
13 years ago
After all these years, I still have no idea what "fuscia", "mauve", or "ecru" look like. Basically, all the colors that matter are in the 8-crayon Crayola starter set, or maybe those 16 colors your computer uses before it's boot up.
rucnmom
13 years ago
I took a graduate level linguistics course at Harvard a lifetime ago. I remember one class devoted to this idea as well as other gender language differences. So true!
busybee3
13 years ago
so true!!! (my husb is abit colorblind, so he sees even fewer i think!!)
beachlily z9a
13 years ago
Just last week we were notified by a painter that he would be available this week. He's a pro who works in NYC to make money and then comes home to FL to see wife and kid. He just fills time down here by doing "odd" jobs. Our odd job is ceiling, walls, woodwork, etc. The whole dern house. He talked with us last Thurs. and came in to start this Wed. That meant colors had to be done IMMEDIATELY. My acid reflux moved into max mode but all colors are chosen, hubs agrees on most (too bad, dude, come with me to the paint store if you want a voice). I'm not usually this way, I'm already missing my afternoon nap and oh, the back hurts from moving furniture. He'll get used to the new colors. Of course he will.
beachlily z9a
13 years ago
Oh, forgot to mention that we are covering up the white walls husband authorized when the house was built, 11 years ago. At last! Color!
laxsupermom
13 years ago
Love this! That pretty much says it all.
maire_cate
13 years ago
That reminds me of a classic scene in one of my favorite movies...Mr. Blandings Builds a Dream House. Myrna Low is telling the painter what shades she wants for her new home. She goes on and on with wonderfully descriptive phrases......

Here is a link that might be useful: Mrs. Blandings
graywings123
13 years ago
The first thought I had was Mrs. Blandings!
deegw
13 years ago
My poor husband only sees muddy grays and greens. Unfortunately he still has opinions about paint choices. In his defense, he will admit when he can't tell a difference.
laxsupermom
13 years ago
sashasmommy, I borrowed your graphic for my blog this morning. I wrote a post there, but figured I'd share the story here with you all.

I just took down a gallery wall of pics, and was faced with a gazillion nails, which I then patched, sanded, and primed. I sent DH out to the garage to grab the leftover paint. I specifically said it was Laura Ashley Taupe 3 in satin.

He came back with this.

5 cans of paint! Only one of which was taupe. He seriously looked at these splotches, and they all looked the same.

DH - These are all the possibilities.
Me - What?!
DH - This one is Tea Room Yellow, this one is...
Me - That(pointing)'s the one.
DH - This one says Taupe 3
Me - Right. That's the one. Laura Ashley Taupe 3.
DH - It says L A Taupe 3.
Me - (Big Sigh)
Stacey Collins
13 years ago
OMG. That Mrs. Blandings clip is PRICELESS. Thank you so much for sharing that :)

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