Presents

[ladyofastolat]

Have any of the "hers" around here ever seen anything in the "For Her" section of a Christmas gift catalogue that they would actually want for Christmas? Am I totally out of synch with British womanhood in not longing for moisturiser or bubble bath or curling tongs? At least the men are allowed gadgets and toys, as well as aftershave. I saw one place that was advertising a gift of a magazine subscriptions, and the "for her" selection was entirely women's magazines, while the men were allowed computer games, films, cameras etc. Men are allowed to be interested in things and to do things. Women are only allowed to be interested in beauty and celebrity gossip. It is most annoying. Does it reflect reality, I wonder? I doubt it.

Though speaking of hims, a certain him I know has given me his Christmas list. It includes a full set of fourteenth century armour, an anvil (small), a halberd, a spear things, longsword wasters, and a gambeson. Aftershave would be easier to obtain.

Comments

[chainmailmaiden]

I don't mind getting moisturiser & bubble bath, I wouldn't say I was longing for them though. I don't need curling tongs, I already own some already :-)

My Christmas wishlist has many DVDs on it that I'm sure wouldn't be considered suitable choices for women, on the other hand it also has a number of cookery & christmas themed books that I'm fairly sure most men wouldn't be interested in (and to be honest, probably most women wouldn't be interested either).

There does seem to be more gender stereotyping going on these days, but I tend to just ignore it. I imagine it would irritate me more if I was going to have children, I'd want any girls I had to be tomboys like I was. I'm not sure I could cope if they liked all things pink.

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I don't mind possessing bubble bath, but I think of it as a boring, necessary thing, not a luxury, so getting it for Christmas would be rather similar to getting a bottle of ketchup for Christmas, or a four-pint carton of milk.

Why is it, by the way, that cooking is still seen as a female thing, when most chefs are men - or so it seems to me, from my position of extreme ignorance about such things.

[chainmailmaiden]

Bubble bath doesn't need to be boring :-) I look on Christmas as a time to get the sorts I couldn't get at other times of the year because they are too expensive or are seasonal. Personally I'm hoping to get some of the special Lush ones in my stocking this year - Bling Crosby
for one!

It is silly about the cooking thing. I was often told, when I was in the trade, women are cooks, men are chefs - implying that while women cook adequate everyday food, only men are capable of producing really great food. This annoys me a great deal and I have come very close to punching the people that said this.