No darlin don't use the Man's tools we got your own

[protege]

They're made exactly like regulation cuffs, from the same materials and manufacturers. They're just powder painted in fluorescent colors and animal prints.

Smith & Wesson does make pink cuffs--I saw them during a factory tour back in October. I'm sure you could probably get them in any color you want

[jackfaire]

And when it was over, I was the only one who didn't look like ripped pigshit. It's like you have to be Butchy McManlygirl or Princess Pretty Fluffs-A-Lot, no middle ground.

Some of my female friends are offended not by pink tools but by the concept they need their own special tools. Pink tools are one thing special "girl" tools are different.

[gremcint]

You know not all of the tools are pink, in fact half of them in the pictures are blue.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Some of my female friends are offended not by pink tools but by the concept they need their own special tools. Pink tools are one thing special "girl" tools are different.

That's my problem with it. Tools are tools. I've never used any other body part other than my hands while using said tools. So I'm not sure why my lack of a penis means I need a "special hammer" to drive a freaking nail.

I guess if they marketed fashion statement tools for men, I wouldn't have anything to say. But they don't. Because a man who bought such a thing would be laughed out of the shop.

[Fryk]

I've never used any other body part other than my hands while using said tools. So I'm not sure why my lack of a penis means I need a "special hammer" to drive a freaking nail. .

See, I could paint a really hilarious but inappropraite picture here. I think I'll just let everyone paint their own.

[MystyGlyttyr]

Some of my female friends are offended not by pink tools but by the concept they need their own special tools. Pink tools are one thing special "girl" tools are different.

Well, this would get into the whole man vs. woman biology thing. But in brief, even though I'm one of the more physical women I know, I still have an easier time working on things with my 10 ounce hammer than with my dad's 2 pound one. Yes, I CAN use the big one if I must, and do just fine with it. But I prefer the smaller one that fits in my smaller hand better, and the lighter one that I don't have to expend as much effort to swing, and it still pounds the nail in just fine. That it just so happens to be my favorite color, pink, is just icing on the cake.

[jackfaire]

Well, this would get into the whole man vs. woman biology thing. .

I wouldn't see that as man vs woman. That's a physical thing. There are women that would be more comfortable with bigger hammers than I am comfortable with it's entirely an individual thing.

[MystyGlyttyr]

I wouldn't see that as man vs woman. That's a physical thing. There are women that would be more comfortable with bigger hammers than I am comfortable with it's entirely an individual thing.

Well, on a case-by-case basis, yes, there will always be women who are against the norm. I'm that case myself many times over. And I'm sure women who were raised on and learned with the bigger tools are used to them and anything else feels "wrong."

However, although I'm sure there's no scientific study that says women experiencing tools for the first time-which is what this site seems to be aiming at-in general would prefer smaller tools. But I'd be willing to place a pretty big bet that if one were done, it would show that, in general, they prefer smaller tools, regardless of whether they were princess pink or industrial steel, simply because, in general, women have smaller and weaker appendages and muscles.

You take an average woman who's never used a drill in her life, and offer her two, one larger and one smaller but otherwise identical, she'll probably choose the smaller one because it'll seem easier. Call it what you will, a stereotype, a sexist statement, whatever, but truth is what truth is. Some women will want and prefer the big stuff. Most probably won't.

[Tanasi]

By education and trade my wife is an architech. Bascially she own's a construction business that specializes in landscape, site prep and excavation. I can see it now, her having her heavy earth moving equipment painted pink or only buying a D9 Bulldozer if it comes in pink.
The pink tools are nothing but a marketing gimick.

My 12yo daughter talked a local gunsmith into refinishing her Glock M-19 pepto pink. She also found online a Hello-Kitty AR-15. Guess what she wants for Christmas.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Hmmm. Yeah.

I see what you mean.

[Seshat]

I can see a case for tools with a choice of grip - small hand, medium hand, large hand.

I can see a case for tools with additional leverage (usually longer handles) to compensate for the different mechanical advantages of the female vs male 'normal' anatomy. (Slender men would also use these, and broad-shouldered women would use the 'male' ones.)

I can see a case for some colour options, if only to help distinguish 'your' gear from 'my' gear. (Especially safety gear! I squick a bit when I wear gloves with someone else's sweat in them.)

And I can see a case for a 'beginner's kit', of good quality tools that don't look huge and intimidating and cut-your-fingers-off. Big enough and tough enough to make picture frames and spice racks, but not intended for full sized furnishings or putting up a patio.

But I see it as compensating for human variation (and experience), not a gender thing.