[whoIsYou]

women demonstrate learned helplessness far far more frequently. pretending they could not learn how to change a car's oil, fix a flat tire, or kill a bug, etc. but we have normalized it as a society. Same with men often having to treat their wives like children by handling all the finances, etc. But again, it's normalized and nobody says a thing

[SamoyedFurFluff]

I don’t know a lady who couldn’t kill a bug but I know plenty of guys who can’t change a tire.

[whoIsYou]

cope

[krapp]

I think your impression of what constitutes 'normal' in this regard is a few generations out of date.

[MandieD]

And only for a very narrow bit at the top of the socioeconomic heap - once a week, my great-grandmother would wring and then chop the neck of the Sunday chicken, so I doubt she had a second thought about smacking any insects that threatened her pantry.