Why they call them men's sheds is a mystery to me, since I can easily imagine a schedule where it's a women's shed or random folks' shed one some days.

[–] CurlyWurlies4All 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Men’s sheds are community-based, non-commercial organisations that are open to all men. Men’s sheds improve the health and wellbeing of their members by giving them a safe place to make friends, share meaningful activities, talk, and access health information and resources. https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/mens-sheds

[–] radec 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Interesting. Never heard of it. Seems overly complicated to make it gender based. But I like the idea.

I like the idea of a Random Folks shed lol

[–] activepeople@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

from what I understand some men feel very uncomfortable around non-family women, and don't have a third place that doesn't involve alcohol.

It does seem to add a layer of complication, but perhaps that's the point.

[–] radec 3 points 2 years ago

yeah i can understand that. I think every group of people can feel uncomfortable around another group of people. my general stance is to let everyone create the community that they feel comfortable with. although I think that stance can be used in the wrong way, and is used to perpetrate patriarchy and toxic culture. its complicated.

[–] CurlyWurlies4All 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They're traditionally for boomer age people and they can be a bit weird about gender roles. For transparency my local one is officially called the 'Community Shed' but Men's Shed is still the coloquial term most people use.