Kendra's post got me thinking on me losing my upper body strength in a massive way, as in maintaining my property and vehicles and self defense, since I cannot rely on brute strength anymore, so I rely on leverage and technique and strategy, as taught to me by the martial arts(Brazilian jujitsu and military combatives). Yes, the first telltale sign for me was not opening jars and I went oh o, so I had to re engineer myself in my concept to approach life and things.
I like to do things around the house, fix my cars, et al. Opening jars have become a hassle for me too, but Devlyn provided the proper answer(maybe I'm way overblowing this, but NO, you don't need a man to do things around the house/wherever, except for a minute few things). You just need the proper tools, leverage, techniques and strategy. For example, the other day, I had to reinforce a sheetmetal fence due to high cold winds. Now, I cannot lift up a 90lb cement bag like I used too, so I cut the cement bag in half with a shover, and shoveled dry quick drying cement into a wheelbarrel, got extra fence posts, axe pick, and shovel and away I went to fix my fence, then it started to hail, cold ice/water, girlfriend held an umbrella over herself and cement in the wheelbarrel(so as not to harden the cement, as I was completing the project), not me, as I completed the project.
To build or repair a abrams tank or a skyscraper, you need the proper tools, leverage, techniques, strategy and human beings(men or women). Myself and my girlfriend(gg/very feminine), do just fine, maintaining my house/cars, even if she just looks over me to give me glass of water/sandwich or my wellbeing, while I'm fixing around my property.
Sorry if I went into a tangent, but gender has nothing to do on ability to do things around anywhere, reminds me of a show called "girls garage" on the velocity channel.
My 2 cents...
