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<blockquote data-quote="Zeno Marx" data-source="post: 574078" data-attributes="member: 1211"><p>We all, as in boys and girls, had to take the classes I mentioned. I had to take home ec, and the girls had to take shop. Only around 8 weeks of each, but still, it was good. Typing was for everyone as an elective class. I took it, but I can't tell you why. No computers, and we didn't have a typewriter in the house. Those old, cool IBM Selectrics, taught by a man, who was known in town as less manly, despite having a family and kind of being an aggressive jerk. There was nothing effeminate about this guy, other than teaching typing.</p><p></p><p>I know my small town was unique. Many decades earlier, a tiny liberal arts college was the center of town (the town was originally formed around a creek and was a wood mill in the 1800s). The college had been closed for many years even before I was born (and is now a historical landmark), yet the town still held onto some progressive elements and attracted eccentric people whose parents were blue collar conservatives. We were the county seat, and everyone in county and city government was Republican. Quirky, somewhat moderate Republicans. Gender roles were obviously still a thing, but maybe not as strongly as a thing even the next town over and in the rest of farm country. Still, as I said above, the guy teaching typing must be less of a man than the one teaching woodworking. It's amazing we aren't still living in caves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zeno Marx, post: 574078, member: 1211"] We all, as in boys and girls, had to take the classes I mentioned. I had to take home ec, and the girls had to take shop. Only around 8 weeks of each, but still, it was good. Typing was for everyone as an elective class. I took it, but I can't tell you why. No computers, and we didn't have a typewriter in the house. Those old, cool IBM Selectrics, taught by a man, who was known in town as less manly, despite having a family and kind of being an aggressive jerk. There was nothing effeminate about this guy, other than teaching typing. I know my small town was unique. Many decades earlier, a tiny liberal arts college was the center of town (the town was originally formed around a creek and was a wood mill in the 1800s). The college had been closed for many years even before I was born (and is now a historical landmark), yet the town still held onto some progressive elements and attracted eccentric people whose parents were blue collar conservatives. We were the county seat, and everyone in county and city government was Republican. Quirky, somewhat moderate Republicans. Gender roles were obviously still a thing, but maybe not as strongly as a thing even the next town over and in the rest of farm country. Still, as I said above, the guy teaching typing must be less of a man than the one teaching woodworking. It's amazing we aren't still living in caves. [/QUOTE]
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