Has anyone else ever noticed how much more timid women are with working around noisy power equipment, guns, and machinery than men are? Do they feel overpowered by this stuff or something? Note: This doesn't apply to all women, as I do know of several women that aren't afraid of these things. Although, most of those I've talked with told me that they were afraid at first and then they got used to it over time.
society has made it quite apparent through advertisement and may other ways to show that men are the power tool and machinery type people while women are the cooking and laid back activity type people... through this i think it can be fairly said that women are just not around those types of machines to not be afraid... not that it is sexist it is just society... women do use machinery but statistically not as much as men therefore that allows for the 'fear' that most of us see with women and machines...
no, i think men are raised to be more MACHO around guns and machinery, and therefore do themselves more harm with said equipment.
I think you should hang out with more women. Also, don't make generalizations about people. When you're unfamiliar with a piece of equipment that could cause serious bodily harm, you'd be wise to be careful. You can't tell me that the first time you used a table saw, you weren't the least bit afraid that you'd hack a finger off.
I think it is only sensible to have a little extra caution with a gadget that you don't know how to use yet that could take somebody's finger off or kill them. People are squishy. Big strong man fingers and little delicate lady fingers are all the same to a band saw, yaknow? We're ALL overpowered by this stuff, and gory things can happen when we forget. I might as well ask why some guys out there seem so blase about power equipment, guns, and heavy machinery.
I think because women are less physically strong, we're scared, yeah. I'm over it, have used tons of power tools, my Daddy's awesome with tools/building so we've spent a bunch of time together doing things he enjoys, which meant I learned to use power tools. Turns men on when women use power tools, I wonder why that is? Even my Daddy loves when my Mamma uses a saw or something haha Yet, he gets pretty angry when we're out int he summer and people walk by the house and stare while I'm working haha =o) The table saw, I still have never once used that, he warned me it could possibly snap my wrist...that was enough to keep me away from it! o_O
