• hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I think it’s more of what kind of people women are imagining as a blacksmith. They’re probably imagining a rugged man in their 30s/40s with practical muscle definition and enough financial stability to have the time/land for their own personal forge.

    Likewise Travelling is just a proxy for “a ton of disposable income, and willing to take their partner to nice places”.

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      2 months ago

      i guess from that perspective it makes more sense, but i feel like you could easily throw something like “yard work” in there it would be equally as strenuous and status based lmao.

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          2 months ago

          yes but now your suburban home looks good and you’re proud of it. Seems relative equivalent to blacksmithing to me. Especially considering blacksmithing is actually the precursor to weapons manufacturing.

          Gardening is close, though i think different enough to warrant being different.