Women are from Venus and men are from Mars
Yep…this is why. I really think they think differently…generally..Now I have noticed something interesting….as a member of the gay community….some…not all…lesbians are more into fixing things more like men. Also we should take a notation of how many of us vacuum collectors are gay men and how many are not?
Now sexuality really has nothing to do with collecting vacuums…or does it? For me (remind you I am a homosexual person whether I wanted it or not) homosexuality seems to be a “defect” from the basics of how the human body was created when speaking in terms of sexuality. The male and female bodies were created differently but when mated can procreate. Homosexual mating cannot do so of course. So for so,some, who truly has strictly homosexual sexual desires…something must be “defective” or crossed somewhere…whether it’s genetic or in the brain or what have you…it clearly isn’t in line with the basics of procreation. Now I’m not poo pooing homosexuality as the word “defect” could construe a negative connotation with it…but I’m more at a loss for an appropriate word to explain my thought that would not give a negative connotation. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with alternative sexual desires or behaviors aside from heterosexual relations. We also must consider that there are people who are born with alternate sexual parts, or both…and those people are still, and unfortunately hidden in a closet or much less welcomed or talked about. And then those who identify with the opposite sex from what they have and look like. So this whole gender world has many and various varieties and to me, it’s more of a “defect” from the standard or “norm” of heterosexuality. Even people who identify as heterosexual can be “defective” in some way in their sexuality…those adults who desire children sexually unfortunately, or men for example who desire or think of and in certain things that perhaps is more “normal” for women to desire. I know plenty of heterosexual women who actually prefer to see if they can fix something rather than rely on a man for example. Are they then partially “defective” too because they are different than the “norm” for women. Keep in mind “normal” is a term the world has come up with and means “majority” and that should be all, but unfortunately and that word has been construed as a “greatness and the best and so on” and anything else as alternative to “normal” has been given a negative and is looked at as frowned upon. It’s just like racism. People who frown at alternative sexuality from heterosexuality are just as bad as those who are are discriminating at something that isn’t “their norm”.
Now back to how all this applies to the smaller amount of women vacuum collectors. It’s interesting because my Sister for example actually has a significant number of vacuums…all of which are owned for practical use…but she has remarked at how she does like our Grandmother’s vintage Electrolux XXX which I have and can see putting it on display with other vintage items she has as she likes to collect antiques.
So from a “norm” standpoint…I think we can conclude that women are less likely to collect tools but more decorative things and a vacuum is a tool. We can also observe that more men who collect vacuums are homosexual…why is this? Perhaps because we are collecting a tool that was used to keep a home clean, and for a long time was delegated as “woman’s work”…to keep a home. And often part of being homosexual is identifying with certain things wowen do.
It is normal nature for females to “nest” particularly when they are pregnant. This involves making a home or a nest and cleaning is part of this task. It is seen in many living creatures, not just humans. So perhaps many gay males inherit this “nesting” or “homemaking” desire as part of their sexuality and hence desire to vacuum but it gets intermixed with the male nature to make and fix tools to forage for food. And therefore we have men who like to collect and are fascinated with a woman’s tool!
I don’t know…it’s just my two cents worth and seems to explain it to me.
I think perhaps we might see more women who would be interested in the “contemporary” threads because many of these deal with modern day vacuums and what is liked and disliked, observed, and repairs!fixing and so on. I get this feeling because when my partner has brought up at a social gathering with heterosexual couples that I collect and like vacuums, women do like to talk about them to a degree and often ask what brands I like and why. Likely because they see it as a useful tool and are looking for something better than what they currently have for the task. But often their discussion is limited to the practicality of the vacuum rather than the collectibility of a vintage vacuum.
Jon