Artisian@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoTIL: gendered button/zipper placement on clothes (and a guess at why)theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down18
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minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·12 hours agoIt’s because gentry had servants button women into their clothes.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoAs a woman myself I find it easier to button my husband’s shirt than my daughter’s. Because my hands know how to do my own, facing in the opposite direction on my body.
minus-squaretoo_high_for_this@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoWhen my dad taught me how to tie a neck tie, he had to do it from behind. He tried it facing me and just could not figure it out.
It’s because gentry had servants button women into their clothes.
As a woman myself I find it easier to button my husband’s shirt than my daughter’s. Because my hands know how to do my own, facing in the opposite direction on my body.
When my dad taught me how to tie a neck tie, he had to do it from behind. He tried it facing me and just could not figure it out.