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April 14th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Nazia Parveen
16:00 EST, 13 April 2012
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18:11 EST, 13 April 2012
Opinion: TV star Kirstie Allsopp has called for women to put their hand to a spot of DIY
As a presenter of Location, Location, Location, Kirstie Allsopp, has taught us how to avoid the pitfalls of house hunting.
But now the property guru, who has spoken about the virtues of traditional domesticity, wants to teach women how to become the ideal homemakers.
The 40-year-old presenter has said that a generation of women have forgotten basic home skills as they have been busy pursuing careers.
Last year, the TV host was dubbed a ‘1950s’ housewife’ after saying that women should put their partners first.
And
now the baron’s daughter has urged women to dust off their sewing
machines and learn how to cook following in the footsteps of their
grandmothers.
The daughter of Lord Hindlip, the former Christie’s chairman, said women needed to end their reliance on ‘the man that can’.
She said that women had lost key homemaking skills because they had been in pursuit of a life outside their homes.
She
said: ‘There is a generation of women who were so keen that they would
and could have a life outside the home that they have lost the home base
skills which are important and comforting.
‘This
is a new thing because during the war women did it all. Men were away
and if we wanted new wallpaper you were going to have to do it yourself
and there was no concept that we couldn’t do it.
In her day job: Location, Location, Location’s Kirstie Allsopp, pictured with co-host Phil Spencer
Kirstie: ‘During the war women did it all. Men were away and if we wanted new wallpaper you were going to have to do it yourself and there was no concept that we couldn’t do it’
‘I think all women should be able to drill, paint, wallpaper, sew and cook. I’m a passionate believer in doing things yourself across the whole sphere.
‘My fear is not that women can’t do things, it is that they think can’t do them. If you never want to pick up a needle that’s fine but you shouldn’t think you can’t.
‘I would never advocate women doing one thing or having one skill but I would say if you don’t learn to do these things like sewing, cooking and DIY then we are not doing ourselves any favours.’
As well as co-presenting Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location, with Phil Spencer, Kirstie has her own show, Kirstie’s Handmade Britain, where she tries her hands at traditional crafts.
Fighting talk: Allsopp had a fallout with Sally Bercow who accused her of being out of touch with the modern woman
She also fronts BQs ‘Make it Easier’ campaign calling for people to make do and mend in times of austerity.
The domestic goddess lives with her partner, property developer Ben Andersen, and their two children, Bay, five, and Oscar, three.
They also share custody of Mr Andersen’s sons from a previous marriage, Orion, 12, and Hal, nine.
Describing her relationship she said she felt comfortable with embracing traditional roles in her household.
She said: ‘I cannot bear having anything to do with cars- insurance, MOTs, parking, congestion charge it simply bores me rigid. If someone says you cook dinner, I will sit down and fill out residents parking application, I am thrilled to bits. ‘
But she admitted that not all women wanted to fit into conventional gender roles.
She said: ‘There are some women who would do it the other way round. It’s what you feel comfortable with. It is not a male, female thing.’
In December, last year, the presenter had a very public spat with Sally Bercow, the outspoken, metropolitan wife of the Commons Speaker, after she was labelled as being ‘out of touch’ with modern women.
The duo traded barbed swipes on Twitter after Bercow criticised the Channel 4 show Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas – which showed viewers how to make items such as decoupage tealights and clay-baked gift tags.
And in November last year, Kirstie was criticised after a magazine article in which she turned her hand to relationships by advising women that the key to marital happiness is cooking a meal for your man.
According to Allsopp there could never be equality of the sexes because men and women are so different and she cautioned that while women are happy to talk about their feelings at the drop of a hat, men can only do so on a full stomach.
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Women always say these things when everything is heading south. Funny that.
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Molly – Women better drivers than men? – is that why you all sit in the middle lanes of motorways and are on you tube attempting to parallel park? As for Kirsty – she is getting rather boring and this is a non story.
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Well said Kirsty! I’m in my mid 30’s can use a sewing machine, wire a plug, read a dress pattern, put up shelves, knit, assemble furniture, cook from scratch, tile the bathroom, re-vamp the furniture, be a good wife mother to 3 children. Too many of my friends wouldn’t know where to start with some of these jobs and are amazed at my knowledge, but it was trial and error and a case of do it myself as no one else would and money wasn’t there for tradesmen. Keep up the good work ladies.
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I’m with Kirsty on the ‘all women should be able to drill, paint etc’ comment. When I was married I allowed my husband to be responsible for DIY in the house- oh what a mistake that was! Since we seperated I have done more maintenance on this house in the last 6 months that he did in about 6 years including filling cracks and holes left by his inept skills in fixing things to walls, sanding, painting and using silicone sealants etc to reseal around my shower and redecorated my bedroom. The number of single/married female friends I have who would never attempt such tasks is surprising preferring to rely on their partners or paying out for professional help. Once I’m done with repairing all the DIY jobs that have built up and been neglected during my marriage I’ll be able to stand back and feel proud knowing I did it myself 🙂 Now if you’ll excuse me I need to go put on my pink tool belt (yes I do have a pink suede one) and get my power tools out 😉
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Maybe Kirsty marriage would have been a good start
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when you are a woman alone you have to learn to do DIY so I can probably do a lot more than some pampered men can
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I am not a big fan of allsop when it comes or came to the property advise she used to give people , however when it came to her crafts and suchlike program she was spot on.
Many UK women have forgot how to be feminine, how to be a good traditional mother, and how to be a good wife.As have men forgot to be good husbands and family men.
Women especially young women are aghast if you mention cooking, sewing, mummy type things , we here I want MY time I want to do what I want to do etc etc.
To many women are happy to work not because of a need but nothing will get in their way of a career,. It is my opinion women have actually lost out and lost out big time especially to their european counterparts.
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Property guru? How’s that then.. just because she and her ilk are responsible for encouraging people in the UK to treat homes as cash generators, thereby causing the huge price bubble, does NOT mean they are experts. And Kirsty being as she is practically aristocracy, it’s the height of patronisation to be told by her to do some DIY. She’d be the first to get the help in. By the way, Kirsty once said that she would eat her hat if house prices fell. So once you’ve removed that silver spoon from your mouth Kirsty, I’ll get you some ketchup to go with it.
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‘homemaker’ – oh please, this word is outdated.
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I’m nearly 70, female and nowadays am on my own. None of this stuff is difficult. There’s no genetic wiring that makes it impossible for a woman to wield an electric drill, go up a ladder to cut a branch off a tree or paint the ceiling. However, neither is there any reason why men cannot sew on a button, wash the dishes or clean the lavatory. I was using my drill to put up the bracket for a hanging basket at the front of my house and a passing man very unwisely made a very silly and insulting comment. I think he thought it was funny. I was forced to tell him that not only could I use an electric drill but I could also make a meringue and use a sewing machine. He had the good sense to retreat.
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