(Household) tools of empowerment. (learning home-repair skills can be gratifying)

From: Cosmopolitan | Date: April 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

Women can receive a great amount of self-satisfaction by learning to do their own home-repair work. Instead of relying on husbands or boyfriends to perform all of the do-it-yourself work around the home, the woman can gain some sense of independence through tackling the problems herself.

If you've been using an Italian dress pump to drive nails into the wall or think a screwdriver's just another cocktail, it's time you discovered the satisfaction of mastering fix-it skills!

I'm under the bathroom sink, trying to rescue the contact lens I've washed down the drain. I'm pinching the pipes ...

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