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So this is post-feminsin right?

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Ormirian · 31/03/2011 20:35

Taken from a website selling power tools:

"This Pink Quickshifter Cordless Screwdriver is great for those girlies who also are handy around the home but just don't want to use traditional manly looking power tools!"

I am so speechless I am out the otherside and and ready to rant....

Please tell me I'm not going mad and this is seriously dreadful.

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Ormirian · 31/03/2011 20:52

FEMINISM not feminsin which sounds interesting admittedly but not what I meant.

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MoChan · 31/03/2011 20:55

Jeez. I'm still reeling from the David and Goliath I'm too Pretty To do Maths Mobile Sock. And you hit me with THIS.

StewieGriffinsMom · 31/03/2011 20:58

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Ormirian · 31/03/2011 21:10

They lost mine too. I was looking for a bday pressie for my dad but he isn't a girly neither does he particularly favour pink.

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AyeRobot · 31/03/2011 21:12

Don't they mean Empower Tools?

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Ormirian · 31/03/2011 21:14

LOL!

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 31/03/2011 21:15

girlies? they mean, like, my 5yo dd?
she could do with a cordless screwdriver and oddly enough, pink just happens to be her favourite colour!
is it glittery as well? and does it come in a furry holster?

dittany · 31/03/2011 21:16

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Ormirian · 31/03/2011 21:19

Good lord yes! It's powered by manliness and testosterone!

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dittany · 31/03/2011 23:46

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madwomanintheattic · 31/03/2011 23:49

i do confess to having a soft spot for those flowery garden tools though. dh uses them.

you know that bloke on that film that decided to machine gun everything in sight?

that's me that is.

HerBeX · 31/03/2011 23:50

at the image of hairy bollocks hanging down from drill.

I spot a marketing opportunity.

(Commercial: Does your drill have balls? etc.)

EngelbertFustianMcSlinkydog · 31/03/2011 23:51

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dittany · 31/03/2011 23:55

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madwomanintheattic · 01/04/2011 00:01

oh yes. see plenty of big swinging bollocks hanging on trucks round these parts.

it always make me want to go up to the drivers and say 'really? do you not have any of your own?'

it is grimola.

EngelbertFustianMcSlinkydog · 01/04/2011 00:52

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madwomanintheattic · 01/04/2011 03:57

green is very earth mother. you could add a garland of flowers if you felt the urge.

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Ormirian · 01/04/2011 06:17

Engel- yes I believe there is. Not wishin to come over all girly Wink I'll ask DH. He was a carpenter for 7 yrs and has loads of tools (sans bollocks).

He suffers from serious tool deprivation now he's teaching. Maybe I should buy him a pink drill...

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ullainga · 01/04/2011 07:12

www.tools-for-women.com/
www.littlepinktools.com/
www.latestbuy.com.au/pink-lady-tool-kit.html

and many, many other penis-less tools

ullainga · 01/04/2011 07:13

There are two main things stopping most women from taking on a little more do-it-yourself action in the home. One ? it's impossible to find anything in that "shed of his". And two ? wearing a tool belt would be fine, except it's impossible to find shoes to match!

Wamster · 01/04/2011 08:54

Ridiculous. DIY can be so thankless sometimes that who the hell cares what colour the tools are?

anastaisia · 01/04/2011 09:08

Actually, I did google for 'best drills for women' when I needed to replace the old one. Not for a pretty colour (though it is quite a nice blue/green) but because I found the old drill heavy and too large for my hands to feel like I was holding it really securely. The one I chose wasn't marketed AT women; but lots of reviews did say things like; 'it was light enough for me to use easily', the click buttons for the battery weren't as far apart as the other drills I reviewed and I was able to do them with quite small hands' etc etc.

So I can see that there is a place in the market for tools DESIGNED to be easy for women to use, the way tools have generally tended to be designed based on the idea (healthy, able bodied) men would be using them. But that doesn't actually mean taking a standard tool and making it in pink!

Deliainthemaking · 01/04/2011 15:20

My mate actually has those tools, seems like a really naff 60's type of description .

Ephiny · 01/04/2011 16:30

I would also like tools better suited to people with smaller hands etc, I always feel they're designed for someone bigger than me (which of course they are) and I can't reach the buttons I'm supposed to be able to while holding it in the correct way. So wouldn't be opposed to 'women's tools' (for want of a better word) for that reason, though agree that just making it pink is really not enough!

I actually have some gardening secateurs from B&Q that were advertised as fitting smaller hands, and they're more comfortable for me to use, and I also have a lightweight spade with a shorter handle from there. I don't think IIRC that these things were marketed specifically as 'for women' though, just as being small and light, and they're black/grey/orange not pink!

HerBeX · 01/04/2011 18:15

I agree i think tools which have actually been designed for women rather than men, is a good idea. I am v. short and not strong enough to actually manoevre all the tools. However, in the RW what generally happens is that if something is designed for women, it's weaker, crapper and less effective at doing the job, than the thing which is designed for men. Which kind of defeats the purpose.