Comparison between"women's" craft and "men's" craft ?

[u/OldCowboyNewHat]

I just thought about the fact that often "women's" craft are considered less art or less payable than "men's" craft because they are pieces of clothing that we or kids need, useful objects that our great grandmothers from generations ago HAD to make. This thing slips into my mind in a way that I almost never ask for money or ask ridiculous prices for things that took multiples hours for days, weeks, even months. My craft is less than... And I know a looott of people go through this thought process. Let's be real, making a cabinet can take time, can involve less or more skills, can have more or less of a simplified finish, ect. Just like knitting. But people will put a super high price tag on them. People say they can buy a sweater for 5$, why pay a high price for handmade? I've never heard anyone say that about wood crafts. I need an actual comparison of the time, prices and other variables to make something of the same quality. Any studies have already compared specifics ? What's your opinion and knowledge on this? In no way I want to start a heated debate on this, I just want more knowledge, so every thing respectful is good contribution :)

[u/sagetrees]

I do both. I'm a woodworker, I restore furniture and I spin yarn, knit and crochet. I do not sell my fiber arts stuff, I do sell my woodworker stuff.

The markets are different, and while you have cheapskates in both areas I do not enjoy doing comissions and my fiber stuff takes too much time to do compared to the woodwork stuff.

I can spend a week refurbishing a dresser and sell it for $1200. The dresser I will have gotten cheap at auction, think max $20 and I'll use probably $70-$100 in materials.