JUST A THOUGHT

[wellington]

I was just heading to bed and this thought popped into my head. So I thought I would ask others their thought. Why is husbandry the word used for the house keeping and care of our pets? Isn't it the wife that does all or most the house work, Nurturing, coddling, nesting, etc, etc.. I think it should referred to as wifendry
Okay, I got that out of my brain, so I am going to bed now. Will check your thoughts tomorrow

 

[ascott]

Hmmm, fun thought

Here is what I think after reading your post...

Husbandry would be the establishment of the enclosure, the establishment of the basic necessary structures/tools. I would imagine that would fall in line with the traditional thinking that men are responsible for setting up/building the secure environment (home)...then we lady folk come in and doll it up and make is comfortable for the occupants

What do you think?

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

LOL, I take the 5th!

 

[dmmj]

How about some gender neutral ones?
torotiseandry?

 

[wellington]

How about some gender neutral ones?
torotiseandry?

Only because we would have to use a different word for every specie

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LOL, I take the 5th!

CHICKEN

 

[GeoTerraTestudo]

Well, if you want the etymological origin of that ancient word, "husband," it means master/manager/steward. Therefore, in the archaic sense of the term, men take care of their wife, children, and livestock. The word is now applied to pets, from fish to reptiles to cats and dogs, to mean that we take care of our animals at least as well as people have taken care of sheep, cattle, and horses for thousands of years ... if not better!

 

[wellington]

Hmmm, fun thought

Here is what I think after reading your post...

Husbandry would be the establishment of the enclosure, the establishment of the basic necessary structures/tools. I would imagine that would fall in line with the traditional thinking that men are responsible for setting up/building the secure environment (home)...then we lady folk come in and doll it up and make is comfortable for the occupants

What do you think?

Hmmm, I guess. Except, those of us that have a husband who measures twice, cuts once, then has to go buy more because he screwed up Where I, wife, measures once, cut once and done So I can't imagine living in a space my husband built, ***poof, the sound of the dirt puffs settleing after house colapsed

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Well, if you want the etymological origin of that ancient word, "husband," it means master/manager/steward. Therefore, in the archaic sense of the term, men take care of their wife, children, and livestock. The word is now applied to pets, from fish to reptiles to cats and dogs, to mean that we take care of our animals at least as well as people have taken care of sheep, cattle, and horses for thousands of years ... if not better!

Husband=Master. Now those are fighting words And your right, Ancient, very ancient

 

[ripper7777777]

Well I don't think the word Husband is being misused for the care or management of animals, but maybe it is being misused these days for the man in the relationship. I don't know of any men these days that are masters, no matter what they may say to their friends.


Of course I have a different point of view after being a stay home father for 10 years.

 

[ascott]

Lol...oh no...I think this thread is turning in the wring direction...eeeeek

 

[N2TORTS]

This very Good Word originated as Old English husbonda, one of many words snitched from Old Norse. This one was originally husbondi "freeholder, peasant with his own farm", a compound noun made up of hus "house" + bondi "estate owner", the present participle of bua "to have a household". This is where the meaning of "to manage a farm" originated. The Old Norse-speaking Vikings who invaded England in the 9th-11th centuries century often took Anglo-Saxon wives. These women proudly referred to their men as land-owners. Other women later stretched the truth until the meaning of the noun husband changed but not that of the verb. Curious, eh what?

JD~

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How about some gender neutral ones?
torotiseandry?

haha ha .....

 

[wellington]

This very Good Word originated as Old English husbonda, one of many words snitched from Old Norse. This one was originally husbondi "freeholder, peasant with his own farm", a compound noun made up of hus "house" + bondi "estate owner", the present participle of bua "to have a household". This is where the meaning of "to manage a farm" originated. The Old Norse-speaking Vikings who invaded England in the 9th-11th centuries century often took Anglo-Saxon wives. These women proudly referred to their men as land-owners. Other women later stretched the truth until the meaning of the noun husband changed but not that of the verb. Curious, eh what?

JD~

freeholder, peasant, hahaha, I thought it said freeloader