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In reply to the discussion: How the Fast Food Industry Destroyed "Home Ec" to Hook Americans on Processed Crap [View all]mainer
(12,034 posts)I was in high school in the 70's, when budding feminists turned their noses up at the domestic arts, and boys wouldn't dare set foot in a home ec class because it was for girls. Home ec was for housewives and girls who wanted their MRS degrees, and it was almost a point of pride for girls to say they couldn't cook, because they would much rather bring home the bacon.
The result is a generation of young women who are helpless in their own kitchens.
My son was one of the first boys in his high school to take home ec -- yeah, partly because he thought it would be a breeze. Soon after, he began cooking our meals and briefly entertained ideas of being a chef. Now he's married and knows his way around a kitchen.
Yes, we need to bring back home ec, for BOTH sexes. And btw, I think girls should take auto shop too.