Failing the gender roles test







Generation Y fails where housewives of the 1950s excelled




  1. Boganette says:

    Totally. That article was so ridiculous I was waiting for them to state the shocking news that most people can’t change a tyre while changing a nappy while cooking a lamington. wait do you cook a lamington? I only use the kitchen for mixing bourbon.

    • steph says:

      Saw your post on this too, glad we’re on the same page!

      Yeah, I pretty much only use the kitchen for mixing drinks and baking butter and sugar-filled baf-for-your-health baked goods. Slap on the wrist for me

  2. Amanda says:


    And to put the ageist spin on that, older generations will say (and this article implies) modern skills are redundant (eg: quick texting, social media/networking) because they don’t want to be shown up by the younger generation, especially in paid work.

    My liquor cabinet is in the dining room, so really no reason for my to go into the kitchen 😉

    • steph says:

      Yeah, I agree that the article was spun in a way to imply a greater value of certain skills over others: “traditional” skills versus “modern” skills. I found it very annoying, because I know plenty of people with mad skills that don’t alter their own clothing but are unbelievably capable people.

  3. stef says:

    I am a kitchen queen but mostly because I love cake and pie. Will swap for bubbles.

  4. Tamara Liebman says:

    It’s as if you could go back infinitely on this score: Gen Y women can’t skin buffalo!! Gen Y men can’t track deer, what will we do???